Bovid Importations

NZ can import bovids. The nyala are proof enough of that. I believe there was a paper presented at the conference suggesting that NZ would be used as a conduit for getting bovids into the region, citing nyala as a sort of test run. The animals need to be born in NZ, or spend 12 months there, before going to Australia.

 

Also the Nyala that were imported into NZ came from South Africa right?

 

So, has any further action taken place, or has it all ground to a halt?

 

Nyala are becoming a major popularity in NZ zoos now.

BennettL

 

I believe ten are due to be shipped to two Australian zoos in the near future!

 

So if the nyala are due to be exported to Aust does this mean bovids don't need 12 months quarantine in NZ?
Also does anybody have a list of bovid spp that are clear for import to NZ, and/or a list of spp that Australasian zoos are aiming to import in the future? Any chance that hippos/giraffe can be added to this list?

 

Once the new Bovid IRA importation rules are complete antelopes can be imported direct into the country untill then they must go via NZ for quarantine as the current group of Nyala have done. In regards to Hippos I believe a different IRA will need to be completed for them which could take a number of years, It appears our powers to be can only work on one thing at a time!

 

Any indication how long this Bovid IRA rule might take to put into operation?

BTW: sad that bureacracy rules ... supreme! I am afraid it does impair any rapid conservation management of exotic species in the Antipodes. This really needs sorting some time soon by ZAA.

 

Thats anyones guess its taken far to long it appears it appears to have been delayed a number of times hope its sooner rather than later.

 

It could still take quite awhile. And what's already researched and written up might need to be rewritten. There was a change in legislation last June and it's slowed down a lot of procedures.



Hix

 

And this is before they even start a IRA for Hippos,Lol