THE RABBIT PEST

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19721, 11 December 1926, Page 23 (Supplement)

THE RABBIT PEST

GOOD WORK DONE The annua] report of the Live-stock Division for the official year 1925-26 states:— “Efforts towards the' destruction of rabbits have been waged with unabated energy, but. notwithstanding all the efforts put forth and the seemingly sntis- : factory position attained at the end of I winter, the young rabbits again quickly show themselves, and the fight continues as an over-recurring struggle. In spite, i however, of tho difficulties encountered we are able to report a considerable' reduction in the? post as compared with the previous year. Tho very wet, cold i season during tho spring and early summer (1925) assisted considerably in ihe attainment of this, particularly in tho Otago-Southland district, by drowning , large numbers of young rabbits. i “Apart from this, however, the winter and spring months wore not suitable for rabbit-destruction by moan* of poison, and very energetic me'asuro* had to bo taken during the. summer and . autumn months to keep the rabbits in I check. Rabbit Boards continue, with few exceptions, to do admirable work, I and tho condition of tho post in th« North Island, where considerable areas are now controlled bv Board, continues ( to ho satisfactory, demonstrating that rabbits can be effectively controlled I when co-operative spirit is dominant.”