PROTECTION OF RABBITS
JAPAN’S CLOSE SEASON MAY TO OCTOBER (Klee. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Aug. 4. 9 a.m.) TOKIO, Aug. 3. The Dome! News Agency reports that the Government of Japan; has prohibited the slaughter of rabbits as from M'ay 1 to October 31 every year. The ordinance will take effect on August 10 this year, the purpose being propagation and to meet the military requirements of fur and also further to enhance 1 the_, nation’s food in wartime by 'the meat”, the price of Which consequently has risen by 30 per cent The ordinance does not apply to wool-bearing .Angoras.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20007, 4 August 1939, Page 8
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102PROTECTION OF RABBITS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20007, 4 August 1939, Page 8
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