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When conservation and animal rights collide

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This is a very serious business here in New Zealand. New Zealand has been the recipient of a higher than average number of introduced species, in particular a range of mammals from elk to mice. This is quite a big deal for an island group that had no mammals save bats for millions of years.

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Bring back the Blue Tit

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They give short shrift to New Zealand’s birds, lumping them with odd names no one here uses because the names are shared elsewhere and God knows America isn’t going to take a hit for us. Similarly when the Hoopoe and Cattle Egret were split, these are widespread birds with huge ranges even after the split.

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From Today's New York Times

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No wonder rBGH has been banned in Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. June 29, 2007 The writer, a consultant, was vice president for agriculture of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, a trade group, from 1997 to 2005. June 29, 2007 The writers are cattle ranchers. Val Giddings Silver Spring, Md.,

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Collaborative List 2017 – February

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The Pacific is divided through the Behring Strait, leaving St Lawrence and The Aleutian Islands to the east and embracing all the south Pacific island groups into the Australasian Realm. New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. New Zealand Kaka – Nestor meridionalis.

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Collaborative List – August 2017

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New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. BS-Bahamas-Nassau-New Gate Road – 25.0644x-77.3035. New Zealand Pigeon – Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae. Lassen Volcanic NP–Lost Creek Group Campground. New Zealand Falcon – Falco novaeseelandiae.

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