Keeping Animals in Check
O-DAY, New Zealand has a large fauna of deer, "opossum, rabbit, hare, hedgehog, and other mammals. To attempt the extermination of any one of these animals would be a Herculean task and would almost certainly end in failure. Wherever extermination of large animals has taken place, it has been very largely achieved through closer settlement of the country, or persistent persecution due to the animal having a high economic value. But owing to the extremely rugged nature of this country, the factor of "close settlement" is not likely to act very severely. With the exception of the opossum, the high economic value of the animal is unlikely to effect its extermination. The aim to be achieved, I believe, is not extermination but the prevention of undue increase. ( "Microphone Roundtable: New Zealand’s Second Century Prospects," 3YA, July 10.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 57, 26 July 1940, Page 8
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141Keeping Animals in Check New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 57, 26 July 1940, Page 8
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