Problem:
The Opossum-Plague
In New Zealand
 
Solution: Sell possum-fur-lined-gum-boots made from only
 
"REAL New Zealand Possum Fur"
 
and at the same time have draconic punishments for those breeding possums here... Create a consciousness about the ecological value of supporting the eradication of opossums in New Zealand. This is by definition a limited product, therefore prices must rise.
Imagine the price of the very last possum-furs from New Zealand... auctioned!
 
Here some useful links:
Inter-Con-Tex Corporation
ONLY A DEAD POSSUM IS A GOOD POSSUM
Northwest International Furs
Phalanger

From the New Zealand Herald (Auckland newspaper)

Kingley Field
Country Life

Wiping out opossums
 
Wobbly opossums, opossums with their skins off, wreckers of our native forests, spreaders of disease in national cattle and deer herds, secret eaters of rare native birds' eggs and hatchlings -- the furry little sods have  been much in the news of late.
Rightly so, too. For years there has been a growing concern that these pesky Tasmanian imports are doing irreparable damage to a whole raft of things in our country.
Grudgingly, successive governments have begun to do something about it, though don't be fooled by the recent budget announcement that an extra $10  million off is to be spend by the Department of Conservation on opossum control over the next three years: the Department gets no more money. It's simply been told not to spend $10 million on other urgent projects.
Still, if that $10 million is spent on additional opossum control, it will certainly be a step, albeit small, in the right direction. The department could probably use $25 million each year for the next decade to get the problem properly under control.
 
Dead opossums don't eat trees, nor do they breed, and any additional money spent in knocking them off, whether with one 1080 poison, cyanide, trapping or shooting, is money well spent.
 
At a recent pest destruction conference at Tokaanu, the decision to run side-by-side trials using  1080 poison on one block and ground hunters on an adjacent area was announced.

Good  scheme. It will lay a few ghosts; but more importantly it will knock off a bunch of opossums that up to now have been gnawing ever bigger holes in the bush. Every dead 'un is a good 'un.
 
And just maybe it will be shown that the two methods can be used together; ground hunters would skim off the better furs at their own expense, and then the airborne poison can clobber the remainder.
Possum Products Marketing Group spokesman Neil Allan, of Opotiki, is a long-time proponent of both the first trade and the idea of professional hunters working closely the Department of Conservation, regional councils and private land owners to control the pests.
 
Maybe at least a little cohesion is being brought to bear on the battle with a plague that is literally eating our bush at the rate of 20,000 tons a night.
 


These people are actually selling possum-fur products!
HUIA
Environmental Products Ltd.
+64 6 7646133
P.O. Box 385
Stratford, New Zealand
1103 Opunake Road, Mahoe, Taranaki

Only 2 Natural materials are known for the property of being able to be placed in sub zero climates without freezing. Polar bear fur and Opossum fur alone  refuse to become frozen. They both have a unique hollow hair follicle which entraps heat. Opossum fur uniquely does not generate static electricity caused by movement.
These hats are constructed of organically tanned opossum leather the liver and fur ... totally non reactant to skin irritations.. The leather is tanned with a unique patented organic tanning process, utilising water, salt, bark and human labour. The organic tanned leather is then treated with:  natural dyes,  natural oils dyes,  waterproof sealer.  and final leather dressing.

All Leather Construction, including coverage of all seams trimming and stitching.

Thick hide leather is used for completing the peaks and sidebands, for strength and durability. The leather is cut to our own unique designs, available with or without peaks. We sew with waterproof thread, made from polyester cotton, and use polyester binding, overlocked twice. Our hats are then painted to ensure broken stitches don't fray. We use industrial velcro for obtaining a range of perfect head fits, and to secure the garment in extreme wind conditions. These hats are windproof, waterproof, heat insulating and made from natural fibre.
Available in a range of colours and designs with optional logo printing, and stitched lettering on leather and attachment.

Just some of the reasons why they look and feel wonderful!


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