Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand
10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2014
But hedgehogs? Part of the world they wanted to transport was natural. 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.
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