Pig Damage
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Waitakere Forest e Bird
—MIKE
SHAREN GRAHAM
Since 1996, a volunteer group led by Laurence Gordon has managed over 800 bait stations in the Northern Pureora Mangatutu Forest to protect a healthy expanding population of kokako. In this 2003-2004 season we estimate that 68 percent of the bait stations were ravaged by marauding wild pigs. Many bait stations were ripped from their mountings and a number were completely lost in the thick bush. Investigations revealed that ARC pest control teams using talon in the Hunua Ranges had experienced similar problems with pigs. We are left with the arduous task of repositioning all the bait stations up out of reach of the pigs — about 1.5 metres above ground. Groups around the country involved in similar protection work are well advised
to adopt this as standard practice.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 312, 1 May 2004, Page 3
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138Pig Damage Forest and Bird, Issue 312, 1 May 2004, Page 3
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