Mr. John Connor, Crown Forester of the North-west territory, Canada, suggests that it might be a and other places plagued with a goodplan to import into New Zealand superabundance of rabbits some of the Canadian rabbits which at certain periods are attacked by a highly infectiou diseace that kilJs them off m millions. This disease makes its appearance about once m seven years, usually just when the country is overrun with rabbits. "This winter instastance, " says Mr. Connor," no matter what trail you follow you find dead rabbits every ten yards or so, and the same thing all over the face of the country, m the bush, or m the open," Neither the ludians nor Mr. C. can explain the cause of this septennial visitation, but the latter is distinctly of opinion that it might be worth while to .turn loose some of the diseased animals from Canada m New Zealand.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 127, 4 May 1885, Page 2
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