This month marked yet another milestone for Envico as we deployed our innovative Spitfire possum smart traps at Wairakei Estate in New Zealand’s stunning central plateau region.
The environment team at Wairakei Estate, led by the awesome Robin Gerding have been doing fantastic mahi on the estate, working to control the invasive possums which have been causing destruction to Wairakei’s fragile ecosystems, destroying native fauna, threatening the lives of native birds and carrying diseases like TB, which can infect and decimate farm herds.
Envico’s Spitfire traps are bringing the power of technology to Wairakei Estate’s mission for ecosystem revival and herd protection. With custom reset automation and sensor technologies, Envico’s Spitfire traps can be left unattended for up to one year, massively reducing the labour requirements of traditional trapping and enabling the scale that this mission requires.
The Envico team were onsite at first light and have deployed 30 Spitfire devices across numerous blocks.
We’ll be teasing the possums with our tasty lure for the next couple of weeks, before we flick the switch and arm the Spitfires. And then... it’s game on possums!!!