Pest Animal Workshop – Tuesday 21 May 2019
An informal pest workshop was held in the Education Centre by Mark Oster on Tuesday 21 May 2019. The aim was to familiarise Education Staff on the pest animals and techniques to control them, from a teaching perspective. Mark had on hand his box of stuffed critters (rats, mustelids, possums), traps and lots of stories – from the uniqueness of New Zealand’s, now vulnerable, biodiversity and the importance of protecting it, to the life cycle of the animals themselves, to the history of animal introductions to NZ, to the conversations about trapping and killing of creatures in order to protect the creatures that are unique in NZ. Then on to practical demonstrations of how to handle and set the traps and how to use tracking tunnels and chewtags to detect what you have got on your property or school. It was a very informative morning.
Chris
Posted: 27 May 2019