Press Release – Ryman Healthcare A group of Charles Upham Retirement Village residents are working on a rush order of predator traps after the May 30 floods devastated a conservation initiative. The residents at the Ryman village in Rangiora have been manufacturing hundreds of traps …
A group of Charles Upham Retirement Village residents are working on a rush order of predator traps after the May 30 floods devastated a conservation initiative.
The residents at the Ryman village in Rangiora have been manufacturing hundreds of traps for Predator Free New Zealand groups as well as the Department of Conservation for conservation initiatives throughout Canterbury over the past 18 months.
Friday, 9 July 2021, 12:50 pm
A group of Charles Upham Retirement Village residents are
working on a rush order of predator traps after the May 30
floods devastated a conservation initiative.
The
residents at the Ryman village in Rangiora have been
manufacturing hundreds of traps for Predator Free New
Zealand groups as well as the Department of Conservation for
conservation initiatives throughout Canterbury over the past
18 months.
They’re now working on a rush order of 80
traps for the Ashley-Rakahuri Rivercare Group, whose
conservation efforts were devastated by the May
floods.
Peter Whitehead, from the Rivercare
conservation group, said the floods had wiped out dozens of
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Leaders and key figures in Aotearoa’s Predator Free programme have gathered to review progress towards DOC's goal of eradicating introduced predators by 2050.