Deer, Chamois and Thar — Haast Junction, New Zealand
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S 43° 51.662 E 169° 02.754
59G E 342965 N 5141705
Recognising the damaged that the introduced deer, chamois, and thar had done to the high country, there was a national programme to remove these animals. Today most of them are farmed as venison.
Waymark Code: WM82ZZ
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 01/18/2010
Views: 6
Deer, Chamois and Thar, introduced as game animals in the late 1800s, so successfully acclimatised that their vast numbers severely damaged both the forest and upper montane vegetation zones
Govt cullers once roamed these mountains, but it took the game meat industry, mainly using helicopters to reduce the huge populations to a controllable level
Erected by ALPINE DEER GROUP LTD 14th April 2000
Group that erected the marker: Apline Deer Group Ltd
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Haast Visitors Centre
Junction of SH6 & Jackson Bay Road
Haast Junction, Westland New Zealand
0000
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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