Thread: trapping pukekos

Yeah I believe they used to be protected but have recently ( in the last few years) gone onto the duck shooting season license, or you can apply to shoot them on a case by case basis. I have a mate in Wainuiamata who has horses and donkeys and he has lost animals to Salmonella from them getting into the troughs.

Originally Posted by kruza

Question. If you applied to shoot pukes as they were fouling your water and refused a shooting permit, could you then hold the relevant athourity who refused the permit, if you were to lose stock due a direct result of them fouling the water.
I was under the impression that the native classification was applied to any animal that made it here under its own steam and started its own population. That in fact there are native animals that have very recently self introduced. Endemic is only of this country.