ECO-FRIENDLY FUR

The invasive paihamu, a bushtail possum, now occupies more than 99 percent of New Zealand; at 70 million, there are 17 paihamu for every man, woman and child. It eats 20,000 tons of vegetation nightly and New Zealand pastoralists see it as a threat to their livestock since the animal can carry tuberculosis.

But rather than keep tossing dollars at trying to control this problem, a group of trappers, manufacturers and industry people have formed the New Zealand Fur Council with the goal of using the private market as a solution, says Chrys Hutchings, owner of Eco-Luxury Fur.

[free market to the rescue again {well, unless you're a paihamu}]

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