CHAMOIS DIE AS RESULT OF BLINDNESS
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) NELSON, May 9. . A very large number of chamois in an extensive area of the Southern Alps have ben affected by permanent blindness, according to Nelson sportsmen. They noticed it three years ago and confirmed it during a recent shooting expedition, when they saw carcases of chamois which had died for no other reason but blindness. They even caught some animals by hand. Others were seen in a dying condition, with no chance of recovering.
Of the many chamois seen by the party only two had their eyesight unimpaired. Chamois have now established themselves in the Travers Valley, at the head of Lake Rotoiti, where they have been shot by deer cullers, and also at the head of the D’Urville River, at the head of Lake Rotoroa. So far no blind animals have been noticed in the areas in Nelson Province.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 192, 10 May 1940, Page 8
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150CHAMOIS DIE AS RESULT OF BLINDNESS Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 192, 10 May 1940, Page 8
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