City Sanctuary was launched in 2020 as the city project for Predator Free Dunedin. For the first two years of the project, we focused on running backyard trapping pilot sites in three suburbs to find out what works and what doesn’t for achieving effective urban predator control.
We are very grateful to the backyard trappers who participated in the pilot suburbs of Māori Hill, North Dunedin and Caversham. It required a lot of time and effort to undertake the surveys and chew card monitoring rounds – thank you to everyone who was involved!
This kind of backyard trapping trial had never been done so we are proud to be trailblazers informed by the Dunedin communities who were involved. What we learned from these trial sites has been very valuable for helping us chart a course for leading predator control in Dunedin city going forward. It’s also given us a robust set of recommendations to pass onto other urban predator control projects around New Zealand.
Our full report will be published next year. In the meantime, we’ve summarised the top ten learnings and recommendations which are most relevant to our new operating model. If you’re interested in finding out more, please get in touch.
February 20, 2025
How to make friends and alienate possums — City Sanctuary
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City Sanctuary was launched in 2020 as the city project for Predator Free Dunedin. For the first two years of the project, we focused on running backyard trapping pilot sites in three suburbs to find out what works and what doesn’t for achieving effective urban predator control.
We are very grateful to the backyard trappers who participated in the pilot suburbs of Māori Hill, North Dunedin and Caversham. It required a lot of time and effort to undertake the surveys and chew card monitoring rounds – thank you to everyone who was involved!
This kind of backyard trapping trial had never been done so we are proud to be trailblazers informed by the Dunedin communities who were involved. What we learned from these trial sites has been very valuable for helping us chart a course for leading predator control in Dunedin city going forward. It’s also given us a robust set of recommendations to pass onto other urban predator control projects around New Zealand.
Our full report will be published next year. In the meantime, we’ve summarised the top ten learnings and recommendations which are most relevant to our new operating model. If you’re interested in finding out more, please get in touch.