SPREAD OF RABBITS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1917, Page 3

SPREAD OF RABBITS.

Anyone who trnvols about the country at all cannot but be alarmed at the* way tho rabbits are up reading (writon the South Island correspondent of tho “Farmers” Union Advocate”). Tho wet conditions’ in the higher country and along the foothills may have killed a, good many during the \past few weeks but still there are a great many about, and the question is frequently asked 1 what it to be done about it. Poisoning gangs hnvo been hard to set up owing to tho soareity of labour. Trapping has gone on over a considerable area, but there can bo no doubt that this Is not the way in whichto eradicate the rabbits. The skins arc worth a good deal now, and good money is being earned by those who are working on the joh. Indeed. I understand that in some inatanee s fees are being charged by the landowner for tho right to trap over the land, so valuable has the right become. But is has been proved that trapping alone ir no good in the matter of extermination. Poisoning and dogging must he resorted to as well. It is a sure thing that the country is better rid of the rabbits, evon if they are paying just now.