Thread: Tahr cull to resume

MASSIVE TAHR CULL APPEARS TO BE UNDERWAY

It has come to my attention, 4 June, 2020, that:

"Forest & Bird (have) filed paperwork with the High Court to ensure that the Dept of Conservation reduces Tahr to the lowest possible levels in National Parks, this winter. This means that DOC are likely to be targeting all Tahr, of all ages and sexes."

"Legal action is now being taken against DoC with regard to not following the law for Tahr in National Parks. It seems the Tahr Liaison Group members are part of this action."

"Ngai Tahu is a co-designer in the 2020/21 Tahr Control Plan so their perspective, whatever that is, needs to be made public."

picked this off facebook ,anybody else seen it,or heard if its true

Forest and bird intend to take Doc to court to ensure the Tahr population is reduced to no more than 10000 as is the population limit in the Himalayan Tahr plan 1993.
They are still saying the Tahr population is sitting around 35000 and therefore another 25000 Tahr need to be culled.
This is in addition to the 17000 culled last year (12000 public land and 5000 private land according to some sources).
No one really knows what the population currently is sitting at, so one would have thought there needs to be a scientific evaluation of the population and the effects on the environment.
The other big factor is that the Tahr plan states there to be zero Tahr in Mount Cook national park and also Westland national park which includes alot of good Tahr country
Forest and bird will end Tahr hunting in these areas if they are successful by their court action in ensuring the plan is strictly adhered to.