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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

10,000 Birds

A housecat in Buenos Aires got its start in Africa, a sheep in Australia to the Middle East, a chicken in Ireland can trace its origin to the jungles of Asia. It should surprise no one that someone brought horses, or goats, or chickens. Part of the world they wanted to transport was natural. But hedgehogs? Greenfinches?