Department of Conservation spent nearly $500,000 to kill one stoat in Fiordland

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NZ’s Conservation Department Spent Nearly $500,000 to Eradicate One Stoat

New Zealand’s Department on Conservation (DOC) which aims to eradicate mustelids from the country by 2050, spent nearly $500,000 (US$297,000) to rid a wildlife area in the South island of just one predator, select committee documents recently released say. The country’s native species, in particular birds like the Kiwi, are under constant threat from introduced predators like stoats, ferrets, and Norway and ship rats. These animals were introduc…

$483,260 to kill one stoat

Photo: File / Getty Images The Department of Conservation spent nearly half a million dollars on an operation to kill one stoat.

DoC spent nearly $500k to kill one stoat in Fiordland

By Nick James of RNZ The Department of Conservation spent nearly half a million dollars on an operation to kill one stoat. In August 2022, a male stoat was...