“Then they tried scaring it off and while they were scaring it off they moved it onto our field and so then it parked up on our field as well and stopped our game for about five minutes.” One of the spectators grabbed a branch about two-metres long and shook the leaves at the sea lion. The spectator kept the sea lion away for up to 45 minutes as the game continued, before eventually moving back to the sand dunes. Scott said most spectators were “pretty amazed,” but also wary due to the number of dog walkers passing by.
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“Then they tried scaring it off and while they were scaring it off they moved it onto our field and so then it parked up on our field as well and stopped our game for about five minutes.” One of the spectators grabbed a branch about two-metres long and shook the leaves at the seal. The spectator kept the seal away for up to 45 minutes as the game continued, before eventually moving back to the sand dunes. Scott said most spectators were “pretty amazed,” but also wary due to the number of dog walkers passing by.
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The presence of a New Zealand fur seal has turned heads near The Cove, Dunedin, on Thursday.
No investigation into death of korora penguin surrounded by tyre tracks in Dunedin
20 Apr, 2021 09:50 PM
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A dead little penguin at Tomahawk Beach on Thursday. Photo / Supplied
Otago Daily Times
Despite widespread public concern, there will be no investigation into the death of a little penguin found surrounded by tyre tracks at a Dunedin beach last week.
Department of Conservation (Doc) acting coastal Otago operations manager Craig Wilson said the dead little penguin (korora) was underweight when it was found on Tomahawk Beach on Thursday.
Its weight suggested it might not have been in good health, but the cause of death remained unknown, Wilson said.
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Dunedin contractors, beach-goers in standoff over sea lion, pup
27 Feb, 2021 01:18 AM
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Contractors were criticised by beach-goers yesterday as they removed sand from Tomahawk Beach amid claims a mother sea lion was separated from her pup. Photo / Linda Robertson
Contractors were criticised by beach-goers yesterday as they removed sand from Tomahawk Beach amid claims a mother sea lion was separated from her pup. Photo / Linda Robertson
Otago Daily Times
By: Hamish MacLean
A Dunedin business is defending its actions after angry beach-goers accused it of endangering a threatened New Zealand sea lion and her pup as it worked on a city beach yesterday.