GOATS IN EGMONT PARK.
Another 20 years would see the end of the bush undergrowth in goat areas, and goats could also kill a fullgrown tree by tramping round the roots and Tearing away the surface soil, thus exposing the delicate outer bark to the weather, besides nibbling the bark at the root, with the result that another forest giant was gone, said Mr N. P. Gibson, -Egmont National Park Board ranger, in a report to the board this week. His report showed that 61 goats had been shot during February when the weather was very rough and wet, and 167 had been shot in three weeks in March when parties were out goat shooting during the week-end.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 138, 11 May 1940, Page 9
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118GOATS IN EGMONT PARK. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 138, 11 May 1940, Page 9
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