Ron Keyzer News Today

The occupation

It’s a warning that appeared to be heard by Government, with a Budget 2020 pledge for $27.4 million in funding over the next four years for national eradication efforts. According to Ron Keyzer​, the Central North Island wallaby programme leader, without action “we could lose more of our forest taonga”. He said the animals have a “huge appetite” for seedlings and shrubs, which prevents the regeneration of native bush. He said they will also eat grass, depriving livestock of food...