Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand
10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2014
Part of the world they wanted to transport was natural. There were no mammals, little game, and not many birds either. The reasons for this perceived lack of birds are threefold. Brush-tailed Possums were brought from Australia to help start a fur industry. Rabbits are still an agricultural pest.
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