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Monday, August 11, 2003

Antipodean Alliteration--Absolutely positively perfect possum plan

By Miriam Meister

It has been all out war on the Miramar Peninsula for the past six months and it looks as if the authorities are winning.

Greater Wellington Regional Council and Wellington City Council have joined forces to rid the area of possums and so far it seems that locals could be hearing a lot more native bird song come springtime, thanks to the rapidly dwindling number of the destructive pests.

Greater Wellington biosecurity officer Ken Wright says it should be possible to completely eradicate possums from the area because of the peninsula’s unique geography; it is surrounded by water and the Kilbirnie isthmus connecting it with the mainland is heavily populated and therefore doesn’t harbour many possums. [...]

Oy, Sheila--possums may be stupid, filthy, pests (expecially the Australian brushy tailed variety) but at least we know that a peninsula is not surrounded by water!

Mr Wright says the campaign aims at total eradication but admits that as the very last one will be hard to find, the successful outcome heavily relies on local residents to report when they see a possum.

Sightings can be reported to Greater Wellington on 526 5327.

Time to stop rummaging through garbage cans and start gnawing through telephone lines, sounds like to me.

Once the last pest has been removed from the peninsula Mr Wright says the likelihood of re-invasion is quite small.

“Ultimately we will maintain the Outer Town Belt to protect the inner-city suburbs from possum.” [...]

I never knew possum was both singular and plural, but in the end it doesn't really matter IF THERE AREN'T ANY!! (They could at least have the decency to run over them instead of poisoning them.)

Thanks to Mac the Fauna Loving War Liberal for the link.

posted by Terry at 3:02:00 PM

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