NZ’s protected species:

6 Responses to NZ’s protected species:

1. The Gantt Guy says:

   July 30, 2015 at 08:16

   If you think for a second the $4k isn’t owed to the administrators of that school for 150 years of colonial oppression, then you’re just a racist scumbag.

   If you think for a second it’s wrong for the school to pay for administrators’ dope, munchies and KFC, then you’re just a racist scumbag.

   Pay up and fuck off, whitey!
2. mawm says:

   July 30, 2015 at 08:35

   Give it a Maori name and then call it a maori tradition. Just like koha is not a bribe.
3. pmofnz says:

   July 30, 2015 at 11:05

   It will be a “full and final” recurring payment as defined in the “treaty of partnership”, but you only find it in the native version.
4. mawm says:

   July 30, 2015 at 18:54

   Another protected species……

   Hunting Cecil the Lion.

   I am astounded by the reaction of the public to his killing…..and by the uninformed comments being made by the chattering classes. Firstly I have not hunted since my teens. That’s a personal choice and I don’t judge others for theirs. Secondly I was and still am a very keen wild life conservationist.

   Hunting in Africa is a business run by professional hunters. Sure there are those who have no morals such as those who promote “canned” hunting of old circus lions. Those involved in the industry have an interest in ensuring that there is a sustainable product for their clients and have invested a large amount of money into conservation. That is why the cost of hunting large game, permits and fees, is so costly. Most of the hunting concessions in both Zimbabwe and neighbouring Botswana are adjacent to game reserves. There is a reason for this and it usually to provide a buffer between humans and wild animals.

   In southern African game reserves there is no threat to the sustainability of lion populations. It is probably the opposite – there is insufficient space for the lion already there and some have been relocated to the north, and lion culls do occur.

   Both the hunter and the professionals around him claim that all the necessary licences were obtained. This is a money making enterprise for the Zim government ( many of whom have been illegally hunting in Zim reserves with semi-automatic rifles, for years).

   The hunting of lion with a bow is another issue. It does make it far more dangerous for the hunter and his crew but, in this case, the lion suffered. TIA.

   At the end of the day the lion population in southern Africa is not being threatened, American hunters pay a lot of money to shoot trophies and this has been going on for many years without any problems – other than the occasional American being eaten.
   • KG says:

     July 30, 2015 at 22:26

     Thanks for saying it, Mawm.
     Like you, I’ve been amazed at the vicious, ignorant comments about the killing.
     Although…..I think the hunter deserves a fat lip for using a bow and that ought to have been illegal.
     • Wombat says:

       July 31, 2015 at 00:10

       The lion had to be shot in the end anyway. Still, I suspect the claim to fame would have been “I took that beast with an arrow”.

       What the government’s of these countries need to do is come out in strong support of the industry and strong condemnation of any rogue operators.