EP43 - Interview with Roy Sloan, about FWF and the Game Animal Council

This week Stephen gets his rant on again, about Kid Rock this time. Then an interview with Roy Sloan from the New Zealand Game Animal Council and Fiordland Wapiti Foundation. Well worth a listen to!

Roys Background is Game mgmt – one of key people responsible for game mgmt programmes in Wapiti area of Fiordland; recreational hunting – range of organisations; commercial hunting – running the deer recovery programme for the FWF; farming/deer farming – through his role at Ravensdown; conservation – rat eradication programme in Southland, FWF (removed 7500 animals from FNP), whio hatchery in Te Anau.

The Game Animal Council is a statutory body established on 28 November 2013 under the Game Animal Council Act 2013.

It represents the interests of the recreational hunting sector and will improve the management of hunting resources while contributing to positive conservation outcomes.

Key functions of the council include:

• • advising and making recommendations to the Minister of Conservation on hunting issues,
  • providing information and education to the sector,
  • promoting safety initiatives,
  • conducting game animal research,
  • undertaking management functions for designated herds of special interest.

www.fwf.net.nz/

http://nzgac.org.nz/

The Kid Rock thing - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hunting/news/article.cfm?c_id=1500945&objectid=11388017