Remove Fur Remove Fur Industry Remove Hedgehogs 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. Brush-tailed Possums were brought from Australia to help start a fur industry. What is surprising is quite how many species did end up here, and how economically unimportant they were. Greenfinches? What exactly was going on.