Thread: Who the fuk is "Sam Gibson" ?

Originally Posted by craigc

I thought it was an exceptional article. Firstly it started with some facts, National has released what it believes is some new ideas.
Someone new, that we’ve not heard from before, who has great conservational knowledge pointed out that many of Nationals new ideas were not actually new and that they really didn’t go far enough to address the issues around the loss of Biodiversity and habitat. Sage was also 100% right. We need better wild/pest/game animal control.
Trophy hunters have basically been using Public Conservation Land to ‘farm’ and ‘harvest’ high value products at the tax payers expense. Our asset has devalued as a result of the overgrazing caused by unacceptable levels of grazing mammals on Public Conservation Land, no farmer would tolerate that situation on their own land, that’s why they sell and buy stock to control the amount of grazing available.

Great stuff Sam, your fresh and knowledgeable approach highlighted an important issue that needs to be addressed.

If it wasn’t for volunteer groups like the one he’s involved in NZ would be in a very sad state as far as biodiversity goes.

There’s like 300,000 licensed firearm owners in NZ isn’t there? Why do we feel so entitled?

Howdy Craig
Could you please clarify your paragraph on trophy hunting being the cause of the problem. And do you mean high end guided hunting, or anyone who targets antler/horn over meat?
It just appears to me that the deer issue is far more wide spread than the areas with animals with trophy potential.
Regarding Sam, he is a top guy, and those who know him would probably agree that he is totally conservation orientated, but not over the top like Sage etc.
And who knows how long his interview was to get those few cherry picked comments.
Personally I think that if anyone is ever asked to partake in an interview such as that, they should hold a watch close to their face (so it can't be cropped out of the picture) so the viewers can see how much of the interview has beeb cut or rearranged.