Preserving Wild Life
present position in New Zealand acclimatisation matters is briefly this: We have already considerable legislation designed to protect useful animals and plants, and to regulate shooting and fishing. In most districts acclimatisation societies are responsible for the actual administration of the law. This is done by ranging, by destruction of vermin or supposed vermin, by supplementary rearing of birds and fish, and, more recently, by attempts to restore habitat. ‘That means not only by the provision of sanctuaries but by the saving of all possible plant cover and by the prevention of pollution of streams. It is a tall order and involves some problems which only research can solve. But it is only within the last five years that State provision has been made for continuous plant research and fish research. No special provision is made for a study of mammals and birds. In working to a solution of the New Zealand problem, we can find much that is helpful in the experience of other countries. In the United States of America a large Department of Biological Survey is maintained, and no fewer than 22 colleges and universities now provide four-year courses in wild-life management and conservation.-("Conservation of Wild Lite," Dr. R, A. Falla, 3YA, June 17.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 106, 4 July 1941, Page 5
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210Preserving Wild Life New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 106, 4 July 1941, Page 5
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