----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Ball" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 4:01 PM Subject: [canals-list] Re: Reply to off topic
> Hello Stuart. > > This small group of feral goats are NOT destroying the environment > they have lived in for the last 200yrs or more. > They pose no threat to any native fauna or flora. I am aware that this > is not the case in some places in NZ but you appear to be wanting to > tar every species with the same brush here. > Arapawa Island is very large as you presumably know and this small > group (150 - 200 at the most)occupy a very small area of it which is > thick bush. > Many of us are hoping that some can be relocated to other places to > supplement breeding stock. A recent census totalled only 360 in the > world (NZ /USA/ UK). But the remainder having survived there for over > 200 yrs surely have the right to remain. > The original stock would have provided meat, milk and skins. The Old > English goat was a very hardy and productive breed which is sadly now > extinct in the UK. We cannot afford to lose unique genetics like these > especially when so many rare species are being slaughtered around the > world through ignorance and arrogance. > I would also add that the methods of culling employed by DOC are > brutal and inhumane. To say nothing of the 1080 poison they still drop > in spite of the suffering it causes. I think many visitors to NZ would > be appalled if they knew more about these things and would possibly > choose to go elsewhere. > > Cheers, > Christine. I think it is time for a bit of moderator input? This is a canal list after all?
