from the Lions, or that the Lions, also left entirely to themselves, have ever succeeded in reducing drastically the numbers of the Wildebeest or exterminating the Antelopes of rarer species also found there. On the other hand, no doubt, had no Lions been present, the game would have increased to such an extent that it would at last have finished even that fine food supply, and would either have perished miserably of starvation long ago or have abandoned the area. If we desire to have a picture of things as they were designed to be and as, in fact, they continued through many thousands of years before Man counted as a force on Earth, if we desire to find the key to many biological problems, and if we wish to preserve intact the few relics of wild Nature which we have allowed with difficulty to survive, it behoves us to tread warily and to interfere as little as possible in matters concerning the interrelation of species of which at present we know very little.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 53, 1 August 1939, Page 15
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174Untitled Forest and Bird, Issue 53, 1 August 1939, Page 15
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