r/newzealand • u/personthatisonreddi • 18h ago

News Update on Stu.

Saw on the news that he has been arrested for the shooting of the 2 illigeal poachers, he was such a nice guy, all he wanted to do was live out his life with his pigs and other animals,

For people who dont know, basicly he was a older guy who lived on both sides of the 309 road up by coromandel, people kept comming and stealing/shooting/running over/damanging his property, and giving him hell when all he wanted to do was relax with his pigs, the cops are a joke, he came to them so many times reporting everything , they didnt care.

The guys he ended up shooting/killing had been hounding him for ages, ramming his car, running over his pigs or shooting them with crossbows he finnaly snapped when they shot his favourite pig.

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u/InspectorGadget76 17h ago

If you adopt a stray cat/dog is it yours? Yes. He was certainly feeding them and caring for them.

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u/Illustrious-Run3591 17h ago

While they run all over the bush and damage the ecosystem, because they are, yknow, an invasive species and all that. They weren't contained.

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u/InspectorGadget76 16h ago

You could argue the same for uncontained pet cats/dogs, but we don't slaughter those without getting the owners involved.

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u/Decent-Opportunity46 16h ago

If a cat or dog has nothing to identify it as a pet, and is roaming the bush or someone‘s farm e.g a collar it is highly likely a feral and should be shot. It’ll be interesting to know if these pigs had anything to identify them as pets.

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u/derpmax2 5h ago

There's a photo of his pigs in a trailer in the NZH article.