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?

Can you please explain what it is that trophy hunters do that has cost taxpayer? And are you suggesting that trophy hunters ( or anyone, for that matter) have a greater responsibility to anything than the average citizen?