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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting <br />Minutes – June 25, 2019 <br />MC: Waiwi – they’ll eat waiwi – they’re a great killer on guavas. That’s the goats <br />now – not the sheep – let me rephrase that. So the goats do a great job with <br />the bush – bush removal – like to utilize the two types of animals due to their <br />differences in eating. <br /> <br />NP: Because you clear the brush and then ancient seed of native plant under the <br />brush can get light and can – cause those seeds remain vital for a long time <br />and they’ll come up then – so it seems like a win-win situation. <br /> <br />MC: It’s a win-win situation right around. <br /> <br />SM: When you see this one place like that – supposed to only be sheep there – <br />and you have them eating the bark from the trees – is that because of the no <br />water? <br /> <br /> Mauna Kea you have sheep- I mean that’s only what get left on Mauna Kea <br />and you see ‘em stripping some bark on the mamane – is that because there <br />is no water or? <br /> <br />MC: I’m gonna be honest. I’m sorry I never – for me – that’s a whole different <br />environment up there – I never did really get to work with it and see what’s <br />happening – it could be a different issue where there’s not enough vegetation <br />and it’s just overgrazed or something in that area. Cause sheep... <br /> <br />SM: No, there’s no sheep left and when they had they were just – unless maybe <br />it’s not stripping – maybe it’s their horns – they, you know, rubbing. Maybe <br />that’s what it is. <br /> <br />MC: I gotta say sheep don’t have a tendency of eating bark like that unless if <br />they’re starving and that’s all they have to eat, you know how it is – they’re <br />gonna eat that Vienna Sausage if they have to. <br /> <br />SM: No because somebody said that it’s because of the – if you no have water – <br />they gotta get their moisture from someplace so they eating the bark. <br /> <br />MC: You’d be surprised – the animals get a lot of their moisture through the grass <br />itself. You know, especially like early mornings when you have that dew on <br />the grass like that – you’d be amazed – a lot of water intake is actually from <br />that type of stuff. <br /> <br />SM: So you feel it’s not what they doing then – it’s not the sheep – maybe just is <br />rubbing instead of eating. <br /> <br />MC: I gotta say I cannot answer that one cause I haven’t seen it- I don’t think it’s <br />eating unless they were starving. <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br /> <br />