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It is the same with any country in the world, they always have to hide something from the public. New Zealand being famous for its untouched and marvellous nature is being poisoned by the hour. Strange though, this is not done by some dubious company spilling their waste water into the rivers or burying toxic wastes in remote places. No, New Zealand is plagued by possums. They've got roughly 60 million of them in their country and they don't know what to do about them. They encourage people to write mails to the government if they have any good ideas! They encourage people to kill any possum on the road by running it over. And until the government and DOC doesn't come up with a better idea, the DOC invests millions to drop toxic pellets by helicopters and planes throughout the country. Some locals agree others disagree. Imagining that the DOC has camp sites for tourists within these areas is actually unbelievable. I'm sure the pellets are not water resistant and will dissolve in rivers poisoning fishes and the unaware tourists. The DOC claims the pellets will only be eaten by possums because they've put in stuff that other animals don't eat. Well, we have seen otherwise.

Below are a few pictures we found while travelling along the West Coast. You can find them anywhere in New Zealand but we believed to see more than usual in this area.