DEPREDATIONS OF ROOKS.
SHEEP ATTACKED. By Telegraph—Press Association. Napier, Last Night. Farmers in Ilawke's Bay are complaining of the depredations o! rooks anions; their flocks. Recently the rooks have acquired the habit of attacking not only lamfcs but full-grown sheep, and the losses in some parts of the district are becoming serious. The birds not only attack (looks in the daytime, but during moonlight nights, and one farmer near Farndon has lost scores nightly. The rooks attack tile throats of the sheep and wethers, which can be seen in paddocks with open wounds. One was seen with its head completely severed, with the exception of the spinal column. The birds also eat .the fleah right down the middle of the back, rendering the skin quite useless. As rooks are protected, tlheir position is serious in some parts of the district. Representations are being made to the Government on the subject-
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1918, Page 7
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150DEPREDATIONS OF ROOKS. Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1918, Page 7
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