Thread: Northland deer (again)

Originally Posted by MB

Just because I'm bored at work. This topic comes up every couple of years in the local media. $5.9 million to be spent. Opinions?

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-...EV4AIOTGOVFBY/

As with al things it will be a case of dimishing returns....Same with rabbits which is why I see pest free 2050 as an unobtainable own goal...(if they thought they could get rid of all pests in 25 years we would have done it a hundred years ago ......)

They will make a dent in the population quickly and cheaply initially, but as the herd thins, it will become harder to locate...They may make a 20% reduction for the budget they are quoting, but that same amount of money will not get the same amount next time and when they get below 40% the budget per animal will skyrocket....

As mentioned in another post, while these are goals they want to obtain, there are other far more beneficial things the same money could be used for that will make a bigger difference....

you are right timattalon they could if they wished to do more for kiwi in Northland just get a better handle on roaming dogs which have taken a lot of kiwi in Northland - and cats for other wildlife -but they get the idea of total eradication in their heads and so often that's just not realistic - pest free 2050 is a complete joke - from the Napier Taupo road up to the Motu River is hundreds of thousands of hectares of bush almost all without any control - and they are going to have that free of possums and rats and stoats yeah right