Eat Lead Billy!

One of our road crew is armed. He has permission from the police to carry a firearm in his work truck. He gets paid for shooting feral kids, but not the urban type,alas, only those of the Capra hircus family.
New Zealand has a host of introduced noxious pests. Rabbits & possums were originally introduced to start a fur industry. The rabbits bred like, ..well rabbits, and caused erosion on a huge scale. The possum set about munching the rainforest and was not averse to a few rare eggs now and then. They have even been captured on film eating Kokako chicks. Roadkill in New Zealand consists almost exclusively of possums, their number is estimated at over 50 million. The anti fur lobby would be doing NZ a favour if they promoted the use of possum fur, but while nude basketballers protest, we won't hold our breath.
We have wild pigs, which are delicious. Their numbers are held in check by the very manly act of pig hunting, and many are the stories of huge boars that kill dogs & got away.
Feral Goats are another huge problem. Their initial introduction was for a food supply for the sealers, whalers and settlers. They again cause erosion, and slips on our roads, especially in the rocky gorges. It is also not nice to come barrelling around a corner on a motor bike and have a mob of goats on the road. Enter our "Animal Control Officer". He is tooled up with a .22 magnum rifle, and shoots any that are on the roadside. He has shot over a hundred in one month. They soon get the idea that the road is a dangerous place. There are times when I think we should arm those on the Lollypop.