FYI
http://www.tbfree.org.nz/Portals/0/2...ultation_1.pdf
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Cripes. Thanks for posting this.
Holy shit balls batman!
This seems to suggest that the link between Possums and bovine TB has been proven . Is this the case ?
I thought there was a substantial amount of doubt, to say the least.
Waitangi lies?
Good on ya @Kooza
I'm hoping for a repeat of last year.
A bloody big snow dump just before the plan to hit the Donald.
Can you also put up the link discussed at Monday nights meeting to make a submission with regard to these planned drops.
Cheers
Pete
http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...ri-info-31647/
Have until the 24th
All good, prob didn't give it the best title,
It's a bit bloody rough that the northern Rimutaka's and the Haurangi's are being done in the same year, especially considering the postponement of the southern Rimutaka drop from last year to this year. So all of the Rimutaka's and the Haurangi's will be done in same year which is far from ideal for lower north island hunters.
What we should do is stop using 1080, fuck the farmers, the economic stability of the country and aim for a national lock down on animal movements.
The hunting will be awesome for the next decade until all the deer catch tb too... but at least a few hunters would be happy for a few years.
50 odd years of 1080 suggests it aint working very well
I don't pretend to know the answer to that, but I do firmly believe that if you keep on doing the same thing over and over, you are only going to get the same results.
Different science I know, but one guy here has applied his knowledge to a pest problem, (wasps) and come up with what seems to be a very effective and viable solution in a very short time frame, specially when compared to the 1080 situation. Now if one guy can do that, it begs the question as to why no workable alternative to ariel 1080 has yet been found
We have some of the best scientists in the world. If we truly want to get rid of possums then target species specific chemical sterilisation of the males (or females) is the answer. Find the magic formula, spread it widely via baits (we already know how to do this bit) and voila seven years later (the life span of possums) there are none left to be found anywhere. Surely this is an idea worth putting research money toward.
We will continue to blanket our beautiful country in a deadly poison? Can't we built a wall??;)
@Rushy
Yeah nah ........ Nick Smith is a Mexican.
Cheers
Pete
"OH" what would all the people do that fill their pockets spreading the green stuff if it wasn't needed.
My concerns with the development of an effective sterilization program for possums is who's to say that later on down the track the powers to be decide to modify the process to effect deer and other introduced species. We all know that MOST ( not all) DOC staff are brain washed into believing that introduced species must be removed from the environment.
The main thing to remember is if the possums get erection problems, DON`T eat them!!!.:yuush:
There's always been an alternative. It's called trapping.
There's always been an alternative. It's called TRAPPING
Where's the money in that @Woody?:D
Trapping will never get rid of possums.
I think we all know that if one single Kiwi was ever proven to have been killed by 1080, then that would most likely put a stop to ariel applications over night.
Not saying it has or hasn't happened. Just that if it has, or ever does, it will definitely get covered up.
I SAID: RHA's should never be 1080'd. Trapping is and always had been a viable alternative and as an example, has been wekk proven in Pureora, Nth Urewera and Ruatahuna. Simply put, the 1080 poison vested interests and DoC have suoressed trapping by every means where broad scale opportunities existed.
The TROLLS will squeal at my comments, as usual. Too bad. The truth willl prevail eventually.
And Yes Maca49. There is good money in trapping and a lot of social and employment opportunity if common sense was allowed to flower.