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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

Each year tens of thousands of these gulls go to the islands and each pair will lay three eggs. Most of these clutches of eggs will hatch to produce three fluffy and adorable chicks. 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.

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Are there so many birds that cats don’t matter?

10,000 Birds

I had noted that if you took a quick look around you’d think there were a lot of birds and very few mammals. Of course, a lot of the mammals would be hiding. Other felids are all much larger, the similar sized carnivores are things like minks and ferrets, and they have very different habits.

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