On TV three tonight. 50 Sika deer liberated in Northern Taranaki. Interesting that anti 1080 protesters have got the blame. There is something wrong with this story I feel as I don't know many deer farmers that could muster 50 sika in one place. Easy to track the people responsible I would have thought, then they would not have to guess and get it all wrong again.
It will probably turn out to be fake news. Sounds like the story of the threat to put 1080 in infant formula that was blamed on anti 1080 protesters. It turned out that a Government Poisoner was the real culprit.
These stories are coming out of a Department that were implicated in the inoculation of possums and their release back into the wild.