Editing Himalayan tahr (section)

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In 1993, the Department of Conservation prepared the Himalayan Tahr Control Plan which lists “aerial game recovery operations, recreational and safari hunting as primary means of control”.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |title=Himalayan Thar (tahr) Control Plan 1993 |url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/about-us/science-publications/conservation-publications/threats-and-impacts/animal-pests/himalayan-thar-control-plan-1993/ |access-date=2020-12-15 |via=www.doc.govt.nz |year=1993 |language=en-nz |isbn=0-478-01546-1 |archive-date=23 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123121732/https://www.doc.govt.nz/about-us/science-publications/conservation-publications/threats-and-impacts/animal-pests/himalayan-thar-control-plan-1993/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Under the plan, the area of the tahr distribution was divided into two exclusion zones and seven management units. The exclusion zones set boundaries on the area that the tahr inhabits, with the official control operations to be employed to prevent them from spreading beyond those zones. The management unit has a fixed maximum density, which varies from 1–2.5 tahr/km<sup>2</sup> and is considered to be low enough to have a minimal negative impact on the ecosystem and, even, restore native vegetation. Under these conditions, the plan aimed to keep tahr numbers below 10,000  throughout the South Island.<ref name=":2" /> Since then, the Department of Conservation has been actively advertising tahr hunting and has created 59 tahr-hunting areas. Hunting remains the primary means of control.