ALBATROSS. It is reliably reported that three hundred nestlings of these noble birds (which are absolutely protected by law) have been captured on the Chatham Islands in one big raid and have been eaten by the law-breakers and their relatives and friends. Ownerless sheep, relics of the foolish and futile efforts to establish farms on Campbell Island, even at the merely nominal rental asked, are spoiling the breeding-grounds of the albatross there. Is the time coming when the ocean voyager; will no longer be charmed by the marvellous flight of these rovers of the sea?
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Forest and Bird, Issue 55, 1 February 1940, Page 11
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95ALBATROSS. It is reliably reported that three hundred nestlings of these noble birds (which are absolutely protected by law) have been captured on the Chatham Islands in one big raid and have been eaten by the law-breakers and their relatives and friends. Ownerless sheep, relics of the foolish and futile efforts to establish farms on Campbell Island, even at the merely nominal rental asked, are spoiling the breeding-grounds of the albatross there. Is the time coming when the ocean voyager; will no longer be charmed by the marvellous flight of these rovers of the sea? Forest and Bird, Issue 55, 1 February 1940, Page 11
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