Hi Mike, you asked why Black Swans were killed. This is the reason, I found it on a website.
"Black Swan: The black swan is an Australian bird that flew into New Zealand last century at the same time as acclimatisers were releasing it, resulting in an explosion of numbers. However, from the 1970s on farm silt run-off killed the water plants that swan depend on. Starving birds began to eat grass, leading to culls in which many thousands of the birds were killed until their numbers adapted to their impoverished circumstances. In other areas, where water plants persist, swan numbers remain strong so most regions can still allow limited swan hunting opportunities."
And I can tell you that all our ponds and rivers close to roads and townships will be inundated with wildlife in the next few weeks. The birds seem to know when the 1st Sat in May is coming along and they will arrive.
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