Thread: Tell 'em they're dreaming . . . Govt announces new policy, predator free by 2050

Originally Posted by WallyR

While 'uneducated' city dwellers continue to release part-grown cats into the bush (can't be bothered re-homing the cat, and other self serving excuses), cat predation of smaller birds and native wildlife will continue.
Rats are one of the most adaptable of all introduced predatory species, so look for heavy 'bombing' of 1080 poison in most of the favored hunting areas.
Stoats and ferrets are smart animals - difficult to find, hard to reduce numbers unless they partake of fresh poisoned carcasses.
Hedgehogs - a new one to me. Didn't know they ate meat of any kind.
Introduced bird species (larger breeds), contribute as much to the decline of native species as any of the above.
No study has been carried out - to my knowledge - on secondary, tertiary and quadrenary poison kills using 1080.
DOC and PCNZ need to clearly indicate through valid studies, that these latter stages of poisoning DO NOT CONTRIBTE to a reduction in the omnivorous native species - Weka, Kea, etc.
My 2c worth.

Good 2cents worth Wally
Cats are always a problem for me round holiday time - people seem to drop them off at the roadside picnic area just before the turn off to the beach - cats should be high on the PFNZ hit list - but it is a sensitive subject as most people have a cat sitting on their knee at night
People also seem to be fascinated by hogs around their back yard - the bastards can eat meat, bones, eggs, chicks, invertebrates - if you don’t like skinning possums - just leave it for the hog to clean it out for you
Hedgehog Skull
If you have this shit on your lawn - you have hogs in your garden - trap the bastards
Hedgehog photo - Erinaceus europaeus - A23201 | ARKive
hog eating a possum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtQUaFotDnM
not much left of this one