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#304255 18-Apr-2023 12:23

A recent series of posts in the annoy thread reminded me that my traps needed resetting. They are in a neighbour's garden and they'd had visitors over Easter.

1st night trying a feijoa. Country bumpkin happy to stick his head up.

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#3064867 18-Apr-2023 12:37

Hes a big bugger. Make some nice nipple warmers :D

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#3064944 18-Apr-2023 13:29

What Floyd learnt today: When you see a bright yellow box mounted 50cm up a pole do not stick your hand in from underneath to try and discover what's in it.

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#3064945 18-Apr-2023 13:30

Nice way to trap the pests.

Meanwhile Otago spent millions to kill 18 Wallabies. Enough money to charter each of those Wallabies back to AUstralia in a private jet. I nearly joked on my morning coffee when I read it.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/131796515/govt-officials-stand-by-276m-wallaby-spend-in-otago-for-18-kills--its-not-wasted-money

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#3064954 18-Apr-2023 13:44

floydbloke:

What Floyd learnt today: When you see a bright yellow box mounted 50cm up a pole do not stick your hand in from underneath to try and discover what's in it.

That's why the end of the box has the great big "Keep fingers clear" warning sign on it :)

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#3064955 18-Apr-2023 13:47

Wombat1:

Nice way to trap the pests.

Meanwhile Otago spent millions to kill 18 Wallabies. Enough money to charter each of those Wallabies back to AUstralia in a private jet. I nearly joked on my morning coffee when I read it.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/131796515/govt-officials-stand-by-276m-wallaby-spend-in-otago-for-18-kills--its-not-wasted-money

I just finished reading this and after digging a bit it did seem a bit of a beat up. Almost all of the money spent in Otago was on surveillance, only ~350k of the spend was on actually killing possums. While that's still not exactly a great return on investment the original OIA response makes it much clearer that the spending in Otago is focused on trying to detect and prevent wallabies migrating south from Canterbury to setup shop in Otago. Canterbury spent almost nothing on surveillance and millions on shooting because I guess they have so many they don't need to go looking they just start shooting :-)

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#3064962 18-Apr-2023 14:07

wellygary:

That's why the end of the box has the great big "Keep fingers clear" warning sign on it :)

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#3064968 18-Apr-2023 14:20

floydbloke:

What Floyd learnt today: When you see a bright yellow box mounted 50cm up a pole do not stick your hand in from underneath to try and discover what's in it.

By-catch is a problem. It's already attracted a wombat :-)

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#3064969 18-Apr-2023 14:23

Wombat1:

Nice way to trap the pests.

Meanwhile Otago spent millions to kill 18 Wallabies. Enough money to charter each of those Wallabies back to AUstralia in a private jet. I nearly joked on my morning coffee when I read it.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/131796515/govt-officials-stand-by-276m-wallaby-spend-in-otago-for-18-kills--its-not-wasted-money

As someone that loves the outdoors, the thought of Wallabies spreading is absolutely horrific! I did some research after doing a local tramp and I saw odd looking prints on the ground and noticed quite a stink.

So after watching this video I am now very worried for the future of our outdoors. They were once contained in the Waimate / North Canterybury area, but now have spread quite far. Apparently they are way worse than possums and will have a massive impact on farming. More details at ORC website. Adding for farming context. Stock won't graze where Wallabies have been.

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#3064974 18-Apr-2023 15:03

outdoorsnz:

As someone that loves the outdoors, the thought of Wallabies spreading is absolutely horrific! I did some research after doing a local tramp and I saw odd looking prints on the ground and noticed quite a stink.

So after watching this video I am now very worried for the future of our outdoors. They were once contained in the Waimate / North Canterybury area, but now have spread quite far. Apparently they are way worse than possums and will have a massive impact on farming. More details at ORC website. Adding for farming context. Stock won't graze where Wallabies have been.

We have them near to us where we live in QLD, amazing creatures. Love them to bits. It interesting to see how they are spreading in NZ. I dont believe they worse than possums, but saying that the possums here in QLD seem to behave differently to the ones in NZ. I dont believe the hype about their impact on farming either, there are plenty of farms where I live and the biggest pests are the bats. You don't want these things in NZ.

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#3064978 18-Apr-2023 15:20

Wombat1:

We have them near to us where we live in QLD, amazing creatures. Love them to bits. It interesting to see how they are spreading in NZ. I dont believe they worse than possums, but saying that the possums here in QLD seem to behave differently to the ones in NZ. I dont believe the hype about their impact on farming either, there are plenty of farms where I live and the biggest pests are the bats. You don't want these things in NZ.

Possum populations explode here due to lots of yummy trees and yet no predators. Even the cats leave them alone, so there is nothing to keep them in check.

We get waves of them when the young ones are pushed out of the nest and might have two or three show up every night for a few weeks until we get rid of the new arrivals.

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#3064980 18-Apr-2023 15:24

Its interesting as they have no predators here too. Maybe they like the cooler climate?

Edit: Actually we do, our snakes eat the possums, though the wallabies have no predators except maybe for all the 4x4's :-)

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#3064997 18-Apr-2023 15:55

Lias:

Wombat1:

Nice way to trap the pests.

Meanwhile Otago spent millions to kill 18 Wallabies. Enough money to charter each of those Wallabies back to AUstralia in a private jet. I nearly joked on my morning coffee when I read it.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/131796515/govt-officials-stand-by-276m-wallaby-spend-in-otago-for-18-kills--its-not-wasted-money

I just finished reading this and after digging a bit it did seem a bit of a beat up. Almost all of the money spent in Otago was on surveillance, only ~350k of the spend was on actually killing possums. While that's still not exactly a great return on investment the original OIA response makes it much clearer that the spending in Otago is focused on trying to detect and prevent wallabies migrating south from Canterbury to setup shop in Otago. Canterbury spent almost nothing on surveillance and millions on shooting because I guess they have so many they don't need to go looking they just start shooting :-)

one of the big issues with pest control is people dislike spending money on something that doesn't show results.

its hunting down those few remaining ones that is the most important. the rabbit guys get this a lot. clean out the bulk of the rabbits but landowner doesn't want to pay to get rid of the last few, so the population simply breeds back. the landowners with the least amount of problems are the ones who get those last remaining few and keep on top of new arrivals.

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#3065003 18-Apr-2023 16:09

Wombat1:

Its interesting as they have no predators here too. Maybe they like the cooler climate?

Edit: Actually we do, our snakes eat the possums, though the wallabies have no predators except maybe for all the 4x4's :-)

Dingos and Foxes both predate on Possums in OZ - neither are present in NZ

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#3065004 18-Apr-2023 16:16

wellygary:

Wombat1:

Its interesting as they have no predators here too. Maybe they like the cooler climate?

Edit: Actually we do, our snakes eat the possums, though the wallabies have no predators except maybe for all the 4x4's :-)

Dingos and Foxes both predate on Possums in OZ - neither are present in NZ

also i think the type of vegetation also plays a role. with good food supply possums breed even more.

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#3065006 18-Apr-2023 16:38

outdoorsnz:

Wombat1:

Nice way to trap the pests.

Meanwhile Otago spent millions to kill 18 Wallabies. Enough money to charter each of those Wallabies back to AUstralia in a private jet. I nearly joked on my morning coffee when I read it.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/131796515/govt-officials-stand-by-276m-wallaby-spend-in-otago-for-18-kills--its-not-wasted-money

As someone that loves the outdoors, the thought of Wallabies spreading is absolutely horrific! I did some research after doing a local tramp and I saw odd looking prints on the ground and noticed quite a stink.

So after watching this video I am now very worried for the future of our outdoors. They were once contained in the Waimate / North Canterybury area, but now have spread quite far. Apparently they are way worse than possums and will have a massive impact on farming. More details at ORC website. Adding for farming context. Stock won't graze where Wallabies have been.

Problem with wallabies and kangs....

Gun-wielding kangaroo from Crocodile Dundee summoned to deal ...

Was in Rotorua late last year staying out at Lake Tarawera, and on the way back from drinks one night, theres a wallaby standing on the side of the road. Somehow I was the only one to see it.... my mates claimed it was the booze and that there were no wallabies in Rotorua. Next day, went past a sign in the area to report any wallaby sightings....

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