04-17-2012, 04:10 AM
Bringing this forward, as there is no longer a threat, there has been a documented kill of an axis deer by the BIISC last week. There are deer here, they are highly invasive & destructive to the native & farm plants (economically impacting farmers on Maui) and were brought here by some for their own selfish desires.... Our few ungulate free reserves are very susceptible to deer intrusion, as the fencing was not designed for a species that was not on island....
Perhaps the hunters of the island will now do the RIGHT thing & work together to obtain the materials & labor to re-fence all of the exclusion fencing...it is a dream, as some have actually worked to put holes in the fences, just 'cause, but it would be the right thing to do...
You may wonder why I did not mention having the hunters ELIMINATE the population? I do not think they could, at this stage in the introduction. This island is now the recipient of this destructive form of selfishness....
BTW:
Sen. Kahele, I so thank you for all of the work you have done on this, it is just too bad that the introduction was made here.
Perhaps the hunters of the island will now do the RIGHT thing & work together to obtain the materials & labor to re-fence all of the exclusion fencing...it is a dream, as some have actually worked to put holes in the fences, just 'cause, but it would be the right thing to do...
You may wonder why I did not mention having the hunters ELIMINATE the population? I do not think they could, at this stage in the introduction. This island is now the recipient of this destructive form of selfishness....
BTW:
Sen. Kahele, I so thank you for all of the work you have done on this, it is just too bad that the introduction was made here.