Bird Society

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 6, 21 August 1931, Page 28

Bird Society

Preservation Work IND years ago a few nature-lovers, alarmed at the depredations being made on the native forests and birds, started a New Zealand Native Bird Society, in the hope that concerted effort would be more effective, and by the teachings of the society the general public would be warned of the ding danger, not only to birds and £ to the prosperity of the whele™%s..id. To-day the society is recognised as a very virile and progressive body, which has been a strong factor in the preservation of our forests and in the control of harmful imported creatures. The work to be done grows daily, and members of the society and a large number of the general public realise that certain problems, if not effectively dealt with, will destroy the productivity and prosperity of New Zealand. _ The society hopes to engage in a. wider programme of education of the general public and the school children, in order that they may be taught how to conserve the bounties which Nature has provided; and also by research work to study some of to-day’s problems in nature, that the dangers "may be combated-in the most effective way.