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That’s obtuse. The 5 percent death rate is with repellent. The higher by kill rates are without repellent at max sow rate.

From OSPRI to me... 14/09/21

I am writing to update you on our TBfree aerial operations at Molesworth & Muller Stations this winter.
OSPRI’s TBfree programme is continuously reviewing...

This alternative view might resonate with you then. They don't go so far as to say the policy is laughable though.

https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/conl.12593

Exactly

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/300535889/pest-control-efforts-in-te-urewera-have-changed--some-conservationists-worry-about-the-fate-of-native-species

Yes.
OSPRI focus on the TB endemic areas and buffers in order to break the links. From OSPRI's perspective a 'possum population with out TB is ok. They know that we will never wipe 'possums and...

OSPRI are not far off (still a few years though) from having 'possum populations at the level where TB will not be able to be sustained in the remaining population. That will lead to NZ actually...