Thread: Discussion on NZ Hunting moving forward - NZGuns

Recognition of these introduced game animals as assets to be managed as permanent long term implies the necessity of a dedicated management structure and therefore a cost. Such cost would have to come partially from treasury and part from users. Because the game animals of concern are by and large on public (govt) land then establishment of a licence fee to assist in preservation and administration of the "asset herds" immediately gives the users / licence holders leverage at parliamentary level.
To my mind, this is the only feasible way forward, but the extreme green factions within and outside govt know this and will try to block it ruthlessly in the same way they block meaningful alternatives to aerial poisoning. Game animal management under a specific body such as NZF&G and under a unique minister and stand alone Wildlife Act will have far more strength than the GAC or any othe NGO and is the most legislatable way to address DoC and MfE and the NGO's like forest and bird. Bear in mind that existing legislation claims govt ownership of wild animals, not hunters.