O = Kea Map of kea distribution in the South Island — adapted from The Atlas of Bird Distribution in New Zealand.
Typical kea habitat — Double Cone, Remarkables with Queenstown and Lake Wakitipu in the distance. Controversy erupted last November when keas were removed from the Remarkables skifield. The Society's Council meeting unanimously moved: "That the Society deplores the action of the Mt Cook Company and the Wildlife Service in removing to captivity five of the 13 keas from the Remarkables skifield. We note that these are the eastern-most population of keas in Otago, that their presence was widely recognised prior to the skifield establishment, that despite this no effort was made to kea-proof skifield facilities and that removal and imprisonment of the keas was opposed by the Department of Lands and Survey. The Society therefore urges the Minister of Internal Affairs to require his department to immediately return the keas to their natural homes." The Minister has agreed to investigate the matter and has asked the Wildlife Service to stop removing the birds. Photo: John Child
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Forest and Bird, Volume 17, Issue 1, 1 February 1986, Page 5
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175O = Kea Map of kea distribution in the South Island — adapted from The Atlas of Bird Distribution in New Zealand. Typical kea habitat — Double Cone, Remarkables with Queenstown and Lake Wakitipu in the distance. Controversy erupted last November when keas were removed from the Remarkables skifield. The Society's Council meeting unanimously moved: "That the Society deplores the action of the Mt Cook Company and the Wildlife Service in removing to captivity five of the 13 keas from the Remarkables skifield. We note that these are the eastern-most population of keas in Otago, that their presence was widely recognised prior to the skifield establishment, that despite this no effort was made to kea-proof skifield facilities and that removal and imprisonment of the keas was opposed by the Department of Lands and Survey. The Society therefore urges the Minister of Internal Affairs to require his department to immediately return the keas to their natural homes." The Minister has agreed to investigate the matter and has asked the Wildlife Service to stop removing the birds. Photo: John Child Forest and Bird, Volume 17, Issue 1, 1 February 1986, Page 5
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