WILD LIFE COMPLEX
(To the Editor.)
Sir, —You are certainly to be congratulated on your sub-leader "Wild .Life Complex," which appeared in your Saturday | night's issue. My personal opinion was I probably born by frequently observing | Kapiti conditions. Here we have forest and bird conditions in a more or less confined space. Ten years ago goats and sheep were present in very large numbers. Birds were few in numbers and erosion was assuming extensive proportions. Later, largely through the matter being ventilated in your columns, steps were taken to rid the island of the trespassing animals and the bird and plant life progressively prospered -with the lessening of the trespassers. A forest is, of course, like an orchard. If it is in good shape it bears its fruits prolifically. The increased supply of £orest_ berries feeds more birds and affords better shelter and other conditions, resulting in an all-round increase first of plant life followed by bird life. The correct conclusion, therefore, Appears to be to return all existing native forests to their original state as near as possible.— I am, etc.,
E. V. SANDEESON.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 72, 27 March 1933, Page 6
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185WILD LIFE COMPLEX Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 72, 27 March 1933, Page 6
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