Welcome to Possum Busters
The pesky possum has probably wreaked more damage on our native plants, bird and wildlife, than any other creature in New Zealand's history.
According to expert calculations, their are approx, 80 million of them chomping through over 8 million tonnes of vegetation per year.
And it's not only tree's and plants that are threatened, but these furry creatures also eat giant land snails and birds eggs, including those of the kiwi, kokako and kereru. They also compete with the kaka for food.
Over the years to counter the devastating effects of possums, DOC (The Department of Conservation) have resorted to using the poison 1080, fueling a raging debate whether its use is destructive to other species and to the environment itself.
DOC on the other hand strongly defends the use of 1080, claiming it is bio-degradable, so does not accumulate in the environment and is a necessary evil.
Although this argument does not appease the hunters who report a huge kill rate with their prey, the wild pigs, deer and sometimes often, their beloved hunting dogs.
Also many conservationists are outraged at the indiscriminate killing of birds and insects.
New Zealand Possum Busters oppose the use of 1080, not only from a viewpoint that the poison could find its way into our creeks, streams, rivers and harbours, but from an economic and moral level.
Why not put our 80 million possums to a positive use?
Why not support the fur industry?
Why not use the meat for pet food?
Why not support those who are establishing an overseas meat market?
Why not support the fit and able who want to get off the dole?
Why not create more jobs?
Why not stop poisoning our environment?
When the American Indians witnessed the white man slaughtering thousands upon thousands of buffalo's and just left the carcasses to rot in the sun because they competed for their cattle for grazing, they were horrified. To them this was the ultimate crime. To the white man, the buffalo was just a pest.
Lets not create the same crime. Lets put the possum to a positive use...Read speech by Bryan Bassett-Smith on more productive ways of possum recovery.
If you have a poison-free farm, orchard, bush or forestry block overrun with these critturs and your seeking an alternative to poisoning, give Possum Busters a call.
Using a unique combination of live capture traps, leg traps and spotlighting, we guarantee a better hit ratio than poisons, because we trap and hunt every gully, instead of just baiting the main ridges.
Our team is experienced and literally, willing to walk the extra mile to remove your pest problem.
If you have a poison-free farm, orchard, bush or forestry block overrun with these critturs and your seeking an alternative to poisoning, give Possum Busters a call.
Using a unique combination of live capture traps, leg traps and spotlighting, we guarantee a better hit ratio than poisons, because we trap and hunt every gully, instead of just baiting the main ridges.
Our team is experienced and literally, willing to walk the extra mile to remove your pest problem.
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