MUSK RATS.
_V___..,._____ BRITAIN ENDS THE MENAOE. A \"ILZTORY FOR SCIENCE. LONDON. April '3l:, 90101100 has \\'nn :mnlhvr \irlm'y in the mic-Inn: lmlilc :lmainsl man‘s unlmul uncmiDS, says the Sunday Dos—patch. The .\linislry of Agriculhnw‘ ropm-Is that Im \\illl musk l‘uls hmv‘ hm'n mplm'r‘ll ul- shnwn Ilmnsvlu‘s sinvv May uf lust ymu‘. l-‘nur years 3pm Hxv [Lnuyzr‘r of u musk rah plague was $1) throulvning that a Bill 1n limit. and n‘mm'nl Ihe keeping M ”109- animals \\.us intrm rim-M. - Prohlblted. 11. prnhihilml thr‘ impnrluliun 4nd Hoping of I|Vll.~l\ mls. wwww undm' license. Thu conditions were drastic.
and only fourteen applications were made. The Ministry \\'as then faced \\’llli ridding tile muniry or most: W's-"s \\‘lllt'll had already (\scurnui, \\‘orv multiplying in alarming proportime were :1 mennca to health. and u danger to rivers, cunuis, lllltl \\'utern’uys by HIMI‘ burrowing imhits. Nearly 25th musk ruls were. caught 1” FUND alone in 1932. some llllllt‘l‘ :1 (im‘crnnu‘nt svlir'mu nt‘ awards iwr inilt In Iliul your tiw vnunly ImuSLv ‘ (‘ll 3i professional truiva'rs. Now the lilitlllly.t‘llllllilyfi only six ll'nmn‘rs. \\‘it) have )‘('ll [0 l'illt‘ll nnu musk rail, in upon lln'ir .\rnro far it )I‘ui'. in \\‘Ml, Sussvx :iml #lirrv)‘. \\lli‘l‘l‘ illn pm :lirlll‘tll‘l'tl in .\lrnng uunilmrs in iliilli, Hit‘l't' is :Ilsn :i nil return. mill “1“ ilirec lrnmmrs unmlmrti arc .ilsn ‘ ii‘igloss. Modest. ’i‘im .\iinNry is minim in ils .irrnrr n.i| rr‘pnrl. '\\'l|il'l| r--.ir1.~:~ ' "ii. in. at rnurrzv. nut ,wl inn-minim in . say \\ilh certainty that the musk rutl
has “001] exlei'ininated in England and \\'nll‘s, since one 01' niui'c slruy spotl—nlons. or even :i brooding nun, may yirl‘ sun-viva in some renmlc spot. “’l'liv IiIOSL nun-Yul swil‘i‘li li)‘ skilled lrnlmm-s during the pzxsl, ninx: months has lliilml in living to light any trace 01' llli‘ll' presence.“ __._._....————-
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19893, 23 May 1936, Page 27 (Supplement)
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295MUSK RATS. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19893, 23 May 1936, Page 27 (Supplement)
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