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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

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It should surprise no one that someone brought horses, or goats, or chickens. Useful species were ones you could eat, or hunt, or preferably both, which is why New Zealand had several species of deer, the alpine goat-antelopes known as the Chamois and the Himalayan Tahr introduced. But hedgehogs? Greenfinches?

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Can Stewart Island become Pest Free?

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Getting rid of rabbits and goats was something that had been done for many years, but it was generally thought that rats and cats would be impossible to remove from all but the smallest islands. The other obvious solution was to make more predator-free islands. But while obvious this was also a much harder proposition.