Thread: Fiordland Moose

To surive they need to breed. If they're breeding then the population would increase. Since no one is shooting them and they have no natural predators, other than perhaps inbreeding from a small gene pool to lower the population. Then with an increasing population and the amount of hunting, tramping, flying, fishing, research that happens in the area. By the law of averages, sightings must start occuring. But there aren't any really proven sightings. So it's probable they are no longer there. Or if there is any, they are incredibly old and certainly not breeding.
A dead one will be the only conclusive evidence. Anything else can be doctored or planted too show what people want others too believe.
Just a thought.

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[QUOTE=r87mm;1537885]To surive they need to breed. If they're breeding then the population would increase. Since no one is shooting them and they have no natural predators, other than perhaps inbreeding from a small gene pool to lower the population. Then with an increasing population and the amount of hunting, tramping, flying, fishing, research that happens in the area. By the law of averages, sightings must start occuring. But there aren't any really proven sightings. So it's probable they are no longer there. Or if there is any, they are incredibly old and certainly not breeding.
A dead one will be the only conclusive evidence. Anything else can be doctored or planted too show what people want others too believe.
Just a thought.

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Yes I like your thinking on it - there simply is no proof and has not been any for years - saw the moose search program some years ago and one very out of focus photo of an animal that is a deer species and some high browsing is not proof - I have seen reds stand up on hind legs to reach Mahoe