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Preparing bait

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Preparing bait

Laying poisoned bait by hand was a time-consuming job. From the late 1940s bulk poisoning became more widespread – it was more efficient and required less labour. These men are preparing pellets for a large-scale poisoning programme in central Canterbury in 1949.

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Robert Peden, Rabbits – Controlling rabbits with poison, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15258/preparing-bait (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Robert Peden, published 1 March 2009.