1 Oct,
2018 8:41am
Hawkes
Bay Today
Complaints
to the Department of Conservation (DOC) have accused the Cape Sanctuary in
Hawke's Bay of neglect.
It comes
after Radio New Zealand revealed the complaints included concerns
about high turnover of staff, the death of two kaka in cat traps in October
2017 and the death of nine Little Spotted kiwi in 2017.
Cape
Sanctuary is situated on Cape Kidnappers, on three properties owned by American
billionaire Julian Robertson, Andy Lowe and the Hansen family.
Music
legend Sir Sir Paul McCartney made headlines last year at the sanctuary when he
handled one of the kiwi, named Bubbalicious, who was reared at sanctuary.
Sir
Paul's subsequent video was viewed more than 450,000 times and received more
than 32,000 reactions.
The bird
was one of nearly 200 to have been taken as an egg from Maungataniwha Native
Forest as part of Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust's (FLRT) Maungataniwha
Kiwi Project which comes under the BNZ Operation Nest Egg initiative.
The
sanctuary is the country's largest privately-owned and funded wildlife
restoration project.
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