Remove Fish Remove Fur Industry Remove Hedgehogs Remove Monkeys
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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

10,000 Birds

But hedgehogs? Gamebirds, such as turkeys, pheasants, partridges, quail, Mallards and the like were also brought, as were popular sport fish. Brush-tailed Possums were brought from Australia to help start a fur industry. We don’t have monkeys, or wildebeest, or salmon here. Greenfinches?