Tribe-Eating New Guineans for UK
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When the BP vessel “Bulolo” berthed in Sydney after rctwwng rom New Guinea in May she earned 17 s^^P f^ c hs from the J G Highlands, They were booked out of Sydney the s “™f d Jr y oy t ir to the United Kingdom, where they mil he Wild Fowl Trust, in Gloucestershire. The s £l™dor i sare a gift rom Sir Edward HaUstrom, Chairman of the Taronga Park iho specialises in giving away odd wild-life. (Last alf a, dozen Koalas to the San Francisco zoo).
He’s been keeping the ducks on f/ie arfi/ical Zofcc a success he Western Highlands. None of the breed hwever teensucc^ ally transplanted before, because, says Sir fdwar , pellets out to feed them. He feeds his on rneat duck pellets nd cut-up tripe. The tripe goes from Sydney by air and costs lb, landed in New Guinea.
No wonder he wants to send the ducks to the UK. Tripe is robably cheaper there.