THE KEA PEST.
Wellington, This day. The following is an extract from a letter received by the Government from Mr R. Bouchicr, sheep inspector, &c , Quecnstown, Lake district: —"I was last week on a station on Wanaka Lake, where a mob of hoggets were attacked by keas, and in one night no less than 200 sheep were killed. The shepherds killed most of the birds, however. The use of a bonus for tho destruction of keas is such that it gives a great impetus to the men to destroy the birds, and sometimes it is hard-earned money. Tho ranger of one run in this district gives contractors 4s per beak, and his shepherds 3s per beak, and the consequenco is that this shearing" hardly a sheep was marked by thorn, while the death rate among the sheep "was reduced by nearly one-half. Tho total number of beaks delivered at my office was 1574."
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3970, 10 April 1884, Page 3
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153THE KEA PEST. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3970, 10 April 1884, Page 3
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