Two DOC staff killed in a helicopter crash in Wanaka last month had been threatened for their involvement in tahr control, it has emerged. DOC came under heavy criticism from the hunting community when it announced plans to cull 17,000 tahr over the next 10 months. Rangers Scott Theobald and Paul Hondelink were about to […]
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