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Story: Goats and goat farming

Goat culling

Because of the damage that feral goats do to native vegetation, they are periodically culled. Hunters must be fit and skilful, and accurate shots over long distances. These hunters are shooting goats in Marlborough, in 1946.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kawanatanga
Reference: Weekly Review 260. National Film Unit, 1946

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Allan Gillingham. 'Goats and goat farming', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 27-Sep-11
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