Thread: Tahr cull doc betrayal

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

You are totally right in your sentiments Gimp. Further should extensive game animal culls come as any surprise with the Greens in charge of the Conservation portfolio to any thinking person alive ?. I would like to ask a question and propose a possible solution with regards to the lack of consultation and impact hunters have in the decision making process. Trout are an introduced organism. They predate on indigenous species and have driven some to complete or localised extinction. My question is 'why are they afforded protected status when other introduced species, (being easily controlled big game animals) are not' ? My possible solution is - Money via licence fees. This enables Fish and Game to fight Dams and Farming alongside the Greens, Forest and Bird etc. I have served as a F&G Councillor and the staff are really only interested in their own salaries to the extent that the whole outfit is corrupt, and yet because of the numbers of people it represents it garners support and an ear in high places and protection for sports fish. Is it time that we started paying for Big Game hunting licences ? Fish and Game can justifiably say that it represents the interests of x thousands of members, even though those people have been forced to buy a licence. I would happily pay for a 'National Public Land Hunting Licence' if it gave us a similar united front and voice.

I'd pay. And remember that paid, licensed hunting was the original intent with the acclimatisation societies, and the norm until 1931.