Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand
10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2014
Brush-tailed Possums were brought from Australia to help start a fur industry. Ferrets, stoats and weasels were released and quickly became destructive vermin in their own right, quickly causing the extinction of the Laughing Owl and stymieing efforts to establish game birds. Rabbits are still an agricultural pest.
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