Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand
10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2014
It should surprise no one that someone brought horses, or goats, or chickens. Part of the world they wanted to transport was natural. 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.
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