Disturbing dumping of animal parts

See this observation of what looks like a fresh deerskin, skinned frame with one leg attached, and one intact foreleg, with a little guts nearby, and two dead fish, one gutted.

One of the downsides of Reserve work is the unexpected confrontation with a variety of human activities, thankfully usually after the humans have left the site.

While we are not opposed to hunting for food, we are disturbed by the disrespect shown to this animal, or animals, suggesting the possibility of inhumane slaughter or even cruelty.

UPDATE We were immensely relieved to learn that the fluffy tail on the skin was identifiable, with the separate deer foreleg, as a deer, so we assume this animal was hunted, and the unused parts were dumped here after butchering on return to the city.

We did not see obvious signs of rat-feasting in the few weeks before the carcass, furskin, leg and fish were picked up and removed by Council.

Posted on September 15, 2019 10:25 PM by kaipatiki_naturewatch kaipatiki_naturewatch

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