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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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Comebackers

10,000 Birds

Not only were they a common bird, they were a common bird nearshore; indigenous peoples hunted them up and down the coast. However, they were refound on Buldir Island, a remote island that never had any introduced mammals. With a six-figure population now, Cackling Geese are an abundant visitor the west coast and the Aleutians.

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