HOW FIRING OF GUNS AFFECTS ANIMALS
A veterinary surgeon has made some curious and interesting observations upon the psychological effect produced on animals by the firing of big <iuns. Soon after the war, says the "Populai Science Monthly,'' it was noticed that large numbers of animals, and especially dogs, migrated into countries beyond the seat of hostilities. The wild boar, the badger, bear, red deer, and roebuck followed, but strange to say, the bare, whose timidity is proverbial, refused to leave its home. Birds .whic'i remained nnfrightened wen l owls, falcons, sparrow-hawks and crow-.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 233, 8 December 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)
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155HOW FIRING OF GUNS AFFECTS ANIMALS Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 233, 8 December 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)
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