Remove Fur Industry Remove Hedgehogs Remove Hunting Remove Mammals
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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

10,000 Birds

But hedgehogs? There were no mammals, little game, and not many birds either. Secondly, New Zealand had already experienced on wave of extinction due to the introduction or rats and human hunting. Brush-tailed Possums were brought from Australia to help start a fur industry. Greenfinches? What exactly was going on.