Thread: Tahr cull ? Extermination? What’s happening ?

Originally Posted by Boaraxa

This is becoming all to familiar , how many choppers have gone down in the last 3-4 years , NO DISRESPECT TO THOSE INVOLVED AT ALL , but last I heard they were recovering Tahr carcasses ? how does a 59 & 63 yo do that , perhaps my mind is a little cynical but a pilot and 2 shooters does spring to mind, interesting enough I see the article mentions a new 500 was on lease so some truth to two new 500,s for the cull , again NO disrespect to those involved in this tragedy but perhaps there's a few reality's coming to light , maybe the 100,000 rounds of ammo to cull 17500 Tahr is pretty close to the mark also , so near on 6 rounds per animal , iv been around long enough to no once these consents get granted away you go , anyone complains Oh they are allowed to do that , unless there is someone sitting in the chopper counting numbers ....how many have they shot ? id really like to hear the ministers take on that.

I was told yesterday that the 'culling' would be done with Buckshot. Is this correct ??. If they are shot with buckshot the pattern at 50 -60 metres will be pretty open and a lot of animals will be shot with only one or two pellets - in the arse or the guts and escape to die slowly with a lot of suffering, certainly raising welfare issues.