Unconquerable enemy or bountiful resource? : a new perspective on the rabbit in Central Otago / by Rachael Egerton

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Unconquerable enemy or bountiful resource? : a new perspective on the rabbit in Central Otago / by Rachael Egerton

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National Library of New Zealand

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Index New Zealand

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Backgrounds the introduction of the rabbit to the Otago and Southland regions and its impact on the environment and farming, in particular, its successful acclimatisation in NZ conditions. Highlights attempts by farmers and runholders to contain rabbit numbers which eventually saw rabbiting become a full time occupation in Central Otago. Notes several legislative efforts focused on controlling rabbit numbers with the introduction of the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1876 and the several amendments that...

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Journal

Date created

Feb 2014

Creator

Egerton, R., (Rachael)

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http://natlib.govt.nz/records/33763996

Related subjects

Rabbits -- Control / Pests -- Control -- Law and legislation / Rabbit meat industry / Fur trade / Fur workers / Trappers / European rabbit / New Zealand -- Central Otago District / New Zealand -- Canterbury / History / Rabbit Nuisance Act 1876 (New Zealand)

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