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Please, please come to my region of New Zealand and murder as many deer as you want. They are devastating out native flora (and my gardens). Absolute pest, I ru
by mvdtnz 3y ago
Please, please come to my region of New Zealand and murder as many deer as you want. They are devastating out native flora (and my gardens). Absolute pest, I rue the day they were introduced here.
- bagels 3y agoI saw a few on the south island. My farmer host told us about how they were imported long ago for sport hunting, of course, without any concerns for the consequence.
- pacomerh 3y agoIf they're such a big problem why isn't the government doing anything?,
- bacon_waffle 3y agoBroadly speaking, they are, but Department of Conservation isn't well funded and has bigger pest issues than deer. https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/pests-and-threats/predator-free-2050/ https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/pests-and-threats/predator-fr...
- mvdtnz 3y agoThe government does a lot of work to control deer but it's expensive and difficult work. They are an incredibly successful species in our environment due to our mild winters and a lot of native flora are excellent food stock for them. They have no natural predators here, and not really any introduced predators. You can read more about what New Zealand's Department of Conservation is doing to control deer here: https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/pests-and-threats/animal-pests/deer/ https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/pests-and-threats/animal-pest...
- mensetmanusman 3y agoMaybe an opportunity for a drone company...
- bacon_waffle 3y agoIf you're anywhere near Dunedin, drop me a line ;)