U could also argue about the sika/red hybridastion debate but we're about 30+ years to late for that.
The major difference between NZ and UK is the generally speaking most parts of the uk are fairly well accessable, even many parts of upland scotland are really not that inaccessable or atleast not on the scale of NZ. Unless u have been there it is hard to even describe the scle of some of the forests/DOC lands over there. I flew into Fiorland last Nov in a heli for whitebaiting, i have never seen anything like it for untouched wilderness, if that heli came down we were f***ed
Also pretty much 95%+ of the uk is man made and artifical habitat so very little truley natural untouched wild places left, unlike NZ where i imagine vast areas are completely untouched
The other major fact here is it would simply not be allowed by the bunny hugging majority, no matter how much damage they caused. If u don't know the uk is a special case where all animals live in harmony and nothing eats each other
Must admit always quite admired the NZ and OZ attuide to killing/wiping out non natives and wish the government here was a bit more like them, althou i would draw the line at airborne poison drops
Got a few mates who are hunters in NZ and who are obvouily dead aggainst 1080, but i can also see the conservationist point of view too, (well about the need for control, not so much the airborne poison drops) there simply would be no way to possibly control possums without it.
Was it u that put a similar clip of a horse that was dying of 1080 dropped in its paddock (posted on here a while ago) found it very hard to watch, not nice.
When i was down fiordland they were using Pottasium Cynide? i think, is that the same chemical judging by the signs it was put out by hand in bait station althou this was on a footpath (off sorts)
Wot other options is there for controlling possums? And do they do as much damage as made out? Finally is it actually working are they keeping possums in check?