17 May 2023

Dogs threatening Canterbury estuary, calls for ban

From Morning Report, 6:19 am on 17 May 2023

Dogs are threatening - and in some cases killing - native and migratory birds on a Canterbury estuary.

Conservationists want dogs banned from Avon-Heathcote Ihutai Estuary, which is a crucial stop-off point for the bar-tailed godwit on its migration to Alaska.

Anna Sargent reports.