Taylor Swift shoots music video endangering the dotteral birds of New Zealand

Taylor Swift's company had been given permission to film at Bethells Beach near Auckland which is home to the rare and critically-endangered New Zealand dotterel. Conservationists claim the crew did not follow the rules limiting them to two vehicles on the sand - instead they had used a dozen vans and 4x4s and have, thus, flouted the filming restrictions while shooting a music video in New Zealand.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 26 November 2015.

As revealed by New Zealand's Department of Conservation, there are around 1,700 dotterels left in New Zealand and their nests on beaches are "easily destroyed by careless feet, dogs and off-road vehicles. There are restrictions on the number of vehicles and what they can do when they're on the beach.
Taylor Swift and her management team have said that they were in no way at fault and did not do anything that violated permits or ordinances. It had followed guidelines issued by the authorities and had stayed away from dotterel habitats during the shoot.
Moreover, in view of concerns raised, Cherokee Films would make a donation to the breeding program of dotterels so that the population is protected.
Incidentally, Bethells Beach is a popular venue and is regularly used for filming and featured in Jane Campion's Oscar-winning film The Piano, starring Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin. And, in 2013, a Mad Max-style ad for Samsung featured a stampede of elves, Maori warriors and chariots on the sand.

Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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