Thread: Tahr cull doc betrayal

Originally Posted by gimp

DOC could be better with publicising information, about hunting as well as many other things. Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by institutional inertia

I’d not attribute it to malice, but as seen with AATH, the department has an agenda and hunting mostly (as they see it) doesn’t fit with it, uncomfortably for some they are still required to foster it.

Edit to add: other case in point DOC WARO debacle in ruahines, found at fault then not following through with promised review.

As I posted on 2/7 according to GAC, THERE IS NO CURRENT HIMALAYAN TAHR CONTROL PLAN. THE LATEST PLAN IS FOR 2015. So the question to be asked is 'When the plan expired why was it not renewed' ?
I don't know why. Regarding notification from Doc, we can only guess that with no current plan there is no mechanism to publicly notify Tahr numbers or controls. Shouldn't hunters take some responsibility for this ??