Police are warning against unlawful hunting after a group was disturbed on a sheep station in Central Otago. Senior Constable Darren Cox, of Omakau, said the group of men was disturbed hunting unlawfully on a sheep station in Matakanui on December 9. He said the group was discovered by a fencer working on the sheep station with a number of other fencing staff. "Unlawful hunting puts other people who may be in the area at risk and could have potentially fatal consequences." There had been several incidents of unlawful hunting and poaching in Central Otago in recent months and police took these matters "extremely seriously", he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 26, 2019 20:26 UTC