Carol Sawyer
5th September 2018
Prefeed was scheduled to be dropped on 6 Sept.
This email was received by a farmer in the area, who tried to get a bigger buffer zone as he has lambing and calving going on, but DoC refused. He has to contend with a 200 metre buffer zone – it is not enough !
They told him on the phone yesterday that the poison itself will be dropped next week :
“From: VCS Office <VCSOffice@wcrc.govt.nz>
To: Undisclosed recipients:;
Date: 03 September 2018 at 13:20
Subject: Southern Eyre Mountains “Battle for the Birds” rat and possum control operation Commencement – Prefeed Application
On behalf of OSPRI New Zealand and the Department of Conservation, Vector Control Services wish to advise that helicopters will begin the aerial application of non toxic cereal prefeed pellets to the Southern Eyre Mountains treatment area as part of DOC’s 2018 “Battle for our Birds” project.
The operation will commence from first light on Wednesday 5 September 2018
If you have any queries please contact VCS on 0508 141 268
Kind regards,
Vector Control Services”
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PHOTOS:
T. Croft Ltd’s trucks (Greymouth), presumably with prefeed aboard, and Mt Hutt Helicopters Ltd. (Methven) trucks, with hoppers and loaders aboard, were photographed leaving Cromwell and heading towards Queenstown earlier this afternoon.
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