Forest & Bird is concerned about tahr numbers. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERYForest & Bird is alarmed that some conservation land where tahr numbers need to be reduced is excluded from the plan for control operations this year. Forest & Bird's preference was for DOC to comply with the Tahr Control Plan, which took effect in 1993. Snoyink said the plan was established as a guide for reducing tahr numbers as quickly as possible. "We need to get them (tahr) under control - we need the Department of Conservation to do that.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 14, 2020 20:15 UTC