Thread: Commercial vs Recreational Hunting in NZ

"I won't say that I would also love to bring in pure wapiti semen and AI a few cows in the wapiti area as I realise that this is not allowed and very controversial....."
KUDU-from memory there was a Wapiti rehabilitation program in the 70's where prime specimens where netted and relocated to a govt farm for genetic protection from interbreeding with reds. the Wanaka region somewhere?
Potentially these and/or their progeny could be released back into area after the red numbers were reduced enough to justify it.
Sticking point came when the govt types worked out that they were still classed as a pest and as such could not be repatriated under a govt system.
Please forgive me if I have got this wrong. I read it many years ago and may not have the detail correct. Cant' therefore comment if the farm is still govt owned or even still running.