A SPORTING DEER.
CHASES COWS TO THEIR DEATH A WORRIED FARMER. [Press Association.] ■ AUCKLAND, August A The wayward but not altogether unmischevious frolic of a Lambur deer occupied the attention of the Acclimatisation Society’s Council this afternoon. The matter wafi (brought before the Council in a letter from Mr. E. Smallfield, of Alatata, who wrote as follows: “Can you advise me. what I am to do ? A buck deer, which is running on my farm, chases my milch cows about, and has been the cause of the death of two of them by chasing them into deep gullies. It it a different sort from the deer at... Matata. It lias sort of sharp horns, eight inches in length, and a black, bushy tail. I will have to destroy it if it can’t he removed, as I can’t afford to lose any more cattle.” Mr. Earl said there wa6 little doubt that it was a deer, and these were rigorously protected hv the Government. “Why not put bis dogs on it?” asked another member. It was decided to inform Air. Smallfield that ho had hotter apply to the Government Tor help, as it was beyond tlie powers of the Society to assist him.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2261, 5 August 1908, Page 2
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202A SPORTING DEER. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2261, 5 August 1908, Page 2
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