POISONING OPOSSUMS.
DECLARED TO BE ILLEGAL.’ Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Sept. 16. While it is not an offence to lay poison for rabbits, it is illegal to lay poison for opossums. Reference was made in the House of Representatives on Friday to the fact that in certain districts opossums were being poisoned by the use of cynanide. In referring to the matter to-day, the Minister of Internal Affairs (Hon. P. A. de la Perrelle) said that some complaints had been made about the poisoning of opossums and inquiries were being made. The regulations provided that opossums could be taken by license holders with the aid of a running noose or a trap. Where opossums were doing damage to orchards, the law laid it down that the animals could be destroyed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 247, 17 September 1929, Page 6
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130POISONING OPOSSUMS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 247, 17 September 1929, Page 6
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