INTRODUCTION OF DEER.

Forest and Bird, Issue 21, 1 July 1930, Page 15

INTRODUCTION OF DEER.

“Wild Life in New Zealand,” by Hon. G. Thomson, F.L.S., gives the particulars of the introduction into New Zealand of the various species of deer which have become successfully acclimatised as follows: — Wapiti, by the Tourist Department, in 1905. Moose, by the Government, in 1900 and 1910. Fallow deer, by the Nelson Acclimatisation Society, 1864. Fallow deer, by the Otago Acclimatisation Society, 1867, 1869, 1871. • Fallow deer, by the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, 1871. Fallow deer, by the Auckland Acclimatisation Society, 1876. Red deer, by the Wellington Provincial Council, 1862. Red deer, by the Otago Acclimatisation Society, 1871. Red deer, by the Otago Acclimatisation Society, 1895. Red deer, by the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, 1897. Red deer, by the Tourist Department, 1903. Red deer, by the Wellington Acclimatisation Society, 1909. Sambur deer, by the Auckland Acclimatisation Society, 1875. Sambur deer, by the Wellington Acclimatisation Society, 1894. ' . Sambur deer, by the Tourist Department, 1907. Virginian deer, by the Tourist Department, in 1905.