Posted in Norway rat, bush, cat, conservation, extinction, morepork, nature, new zealand, rat, wellington on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Scoop: Native birds feel no fear when facing foes
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Sarah Whitwell with the stuffed stoat and morepork she has been using to test fear responses of the North Island robin.
Endangered native birds are at risk of losing their instinct to recognise and flee mammalian enemies when moved between predator-free and predator-filled sites, says [...]
Posted in kakapo on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
4 December 2008
Press Release: Department of Conservation
Kakapo gets boost from long-running partnership
The long-running fight to save the kakapo has received a welcome boost with the Department of Conservation, Rio Tinto Alcan NZ and Forest & Bird agreeing to extend their successful kakapo recovery partnership for a further two year term.
The agreement, first signed in 1990, [...]
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