Save the Kea, the world’s only mountain parrot, needs your help!

it's a disgusting gravy train run by psychopaths

GOD-willing, very soon the very best animal welfare laws and protections shall become prevalent throughout the world.

Save the KEA, Aotearoa

There are no such things as 'pests', only introduced species which now co-habitate the environment

I think the farmers should use llamas to protect their flocks as has been done in other countries. If the damage to the sheep by the Kea is so bad that poison must be used, I think the added cost of caring for a second type of animal would be worth it. Besides, llama wool sells for more than sheep's wool. I think the llamas have to be raised with the sheep to make them protective of the flock. Maybe the farmers think this is too much of a hassle.

Time for a change in the way we combat predators in this country, doc is failing the people of nz and one of the biggest assets to controlling pests ie hunters is being ignored

DOC are destroying our ecosystem for profit. Arseholes

1080 poison is inhumane.

When I tramped in Arthur’s Pass in 1962 Keas were everywhere very smart and very funny. I just went right around the South Island and did not see one Kea

The only reason I've wanted to go to New Zealand is to see keas.

When I went to Arthur's Pass recently I noticed that all the Kea's have completely disappeared

The trouble with this is, possums have always been a pest. Its been an ongoing problem in NZ but its not like we are short of trees with rainfall and growth either! Possums don't like pine trees, there are a healthy amount of them growing about the place to. Why kill thousands or millions of possums along with other animals which don't need to die in the first place? Possum furs are used as clothing but if the government paid people to trap them and find them and use their furs as clothes then, they might come down in price. There are many unemployed in NZ but no jobs are ever created for something like that. Its better than killing wildlife in the most brutal way wouldn't anyone think first?

If you destroy a species that only exists in your country, you're disrespecting your country by makign it just like everywhere else..

You have absolutely no right to kill our animals

Please stop poisoning our endangered species with 1080.

It’s shocking to learn that an entire species of life risks being wiped off of the face of the earth. And so I give my up most support for this cause.

1080 needs to be banned and this killing everything except natives will not work - the ecosystem is balanced and targeting certain species upsets the balance - this is madness, cruel and wrong.

Unbelievable to be dropping poison in the name of 'conservation' indiscriminately killing every species that is a ground feeder.

So inhumane.

traps seem to be a better solution than spreading 1090 poison by air - beautiful KEa parrots will be harmed.