Thread: Deer Population Growth

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

NZ Scientists have been looking at that for years - with possums we were told by one scientist they had a virus that could wipeout possums but did not have an agent to carry it thru the possum population like a cold virus - but yes one hopes it does not go any further with deer - I personally believe with deer they should be shot only but am old fashioned that way

No-one to my knowledge is or has been actually working on it. Genetic work for conservation was ironically put off the table by everyone's favourite Minister of Conservation (Sage)

There would be huge economic and social hurdles to use even if the technology was ever developed to be functional (which it currently has not been, for anything, anywhere, as far as I know)

Originally Posted by gimp

No-one to my knowledge is or has been actually working on it. Genetic work for conservation was ironically put off the table by everyone's favourite Minister of Conservation (Sage)

There would be huge economic and social hurdles to use even if the technology was ever developed to be functional (which it currently has not been, for anything, anywhere, as far as I know)

I have been gone from DOC a long time but they were we had talks on it from visiting scientists