tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post802865166833233767..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Eco-anarchistEric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-74501281270565067332010-05-28T09:59:59.593+12:002010-05-28T09:59:59.593+12:00Makes me wonder what they taste like. I'd thin...Makes me wonder what they taste like. I'd think wild ones would be quite gamey and stringy, but farmed Weka would probably be more palatable. I remember them being akin to a pest on the West Coast when I was a lad, it seems reasonable to allow limited commercial harvesting in areas where they are plentiful.<br />As an aside, I have always been curious about wombats too, they seem like they might be quite nice meaty beasties. I'm guessing the various species also enjoy protected status in Australia, but commercially grown wombat might be quite popular as a gourmet meat...Latsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-2743268678016634552010-05-27T14:51:59.804+12:002010-05-27T14:51:59.804+12:00Apparently the only place you can eat buff weka is...Apparently the only place you can eat buff weka is on the Chathams, where they're so plentiful they're a pest - so it appears that DOC isn't adverse to eating them in principle. Hopefully they'll change the status of the buff weka on the mainland so that once Beattie has got a breeding population up and going we can eat them too. Mmmmm TurDuckka anyone? What sort of status is 'protected but extinct' anyway?Duncannoreply@blogger.com