TOO MUCH KILLING
Sir,-The excellent article in your issue of July 4 does not require the question mark. Every word of it is only too true. I have been told that a New Zealander reaches for his axe whenever he sees a tree, and as for fishing-well, I am an enthusiastic enough fisherman, but am frequently filled with disgust at the lust for killing which seems to obtain among many of the self-styled sportsmen in this country. They do not seem content to fish patiently, making a pleasant pastime of it, but must needs grab all they can get, as fast as they can manage it. Most of them seem to go in for duck shooting in its season, and there, too, their passion for killing is apparent and sickening. They positively gloat over the number of birds they have taken, and some even say they have fed the ducks before the season began, so that the poor birds are tame and plentiful. Such "sportsmen" ‘are disgusting and cruel in their greed, and the sooner there is legislation to protect our wild life from this sort of slaughter. the better.
MODERATION
(Christchurch),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 423, 1 August 1947, Page 5
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192TOO MUCH KILLING New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 423, 1 August 1947, Page 5
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