POISONING OPOSSUMS
ENQUIRIES AFOOT?,
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WELLINGTON, September 16.,
While it, is not an offende to lay poison for rabbits, it is illegal to poitfdn opossums. 1
Reference was made in the House Of Representatives on Friday,. to the fact that in certain districts opossums were being poisoned by the use Of cyanide. ‘ ■ /' Referring to the matter to-day, the Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hoh.. ' E. A. de la Perrelle) said that sOitie complaints / had been made about the poisoning of opossums, and enquiries were being made. The regulations provided that opossums could be taken by license holders with the aid of a running noose or a trap, WhObe opossums were- doing dfilhage ;;to orchards, the law laid it doWn that the animals could be destroyed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1929, Page 3
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