Thread: Thar extermination

Behind the current Minister's and DOC's (and many previous administrations) lies the dogma and ideology that "introduced species" are bad.

Maybe we need widen the public's eyes a bit and think beyond the current situation.

Are we (NZ inc.) really going to be able to shoot or poison our way past possums, gorse, mustelids, trout, rabbits, wilding pines, undaria, deer, tahr etc etc ??

What are the long term implications of blindly pursuing the current dogma??

I think we need (as hunters) to work to change this dogma in the eyes of the public. It's long term strategy but unless we have a proper conversation with all Kiwi's about all introduced species it will never end.

Ideologies like "pest free NZ" need to be challenged and reconsidered in various frames e.g. are they best use of resources (money etc), are they practical?? are they what we really want??