People and Nature

DSC_8101403 Brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) trapping. Possums are a significant threat to forest remnants, and native wildlife on Otago Peninsula. Winter is the best time to trap them. OPBG Operations Manager Bruce Kyle and dog Puku, wait for dusk in a macrocarpa shelter belt, always a popular haunt for possums in winter. Possums are a significant threat to native forests and our native wildlife. Photographed on Otago Peninsula's Harbour Cone block for OPBG *

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DSC_8101403 Brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) trapping. Possums are a significant threat to forest remnants, and native wildlife on Otago Peninsula. Winter is the best time to trap them. OPBG Operations Manager Bruce Kyle and dog Puku, wait for dusk in a macrocarpa shelter belt, always a popular haunt for possums in winter. Possums are a significant threat to native forests and our native wildlife. Photographed on Otago Peninsula's Harbour Cone block for OPBG *

DSC 8101403 Brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula possums Bruce Kyle threat forests wildlife Winter trapping local community predator pest control Habour Cone Otago Peninsula