FLYING FOXES.
1 ■TWO THOUSAND IN THREE HOCIRS. BAD AS WILD DOGS.' Sydney, De/ 31. Drought, rabbits, wild doi{ flying : foxes—these are some of theUroubles [of the man oil the land in Justralia. Flying foxes continue to do damage to the orchards West ifaitland district, and the f/liit crops, already light, are being redujtid by this pest. A number of fruit-grofws turned a holiday into a raid on tlieP® s t- They discovered the haunt of ty flying f° x in a -deep sully in the mouifajiis, in three hours 18 guns accou(tf,d ffijs over 2000 of the pest, in addiW. many young ones, which the olj foxes, with cold " parental indifference out. The guns had not been Iti'g in. action when the air was veritabjf WwH with the pest. ' ■ Another raid at Budgipg Creek, in the Shoalhaven district, ilso served to weaken the enemy. It is estimated that fully 1000 of the pei kiNed, the raiders driving them out of the creek for the'first tn\o rfl record. Raiders are marshalling tlejv f<WPS \vith Foeh-like ingenuity for upon the pest. One of f e Government fewpttCtofg USt t At-
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 January 1920, Page 8
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189FLYING FOXES. Taranaki Daily News, 24 January 1920, Page 8
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