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You’re Not Helping

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And New Zealand has a fairly aggressive programme of conservation measures in place to protect native wildlife by killing native species, again something I have defended on th is site. Even wiping out one species, like possums, or stoats, or hedgehogs is probably beyond current methods.

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Keep finding decapitated mice/rats under car

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5 or 6 times over the last year I have found decapitated or otherwise "dissassembled" mice or small rats near or under my car. We do have a possum and a raccoon that live somewhere on the property. I moved into this house about a year ago. I have never once seen a cat anywhere in my neighborhood. Not even in a window.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

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New Zealand has been the recipient of a higher than average number of introduced species, in particular a range of mammals from elk to mice. Animal rights groups sued to prevent poison being used to kill the rabbits, and even told a mediator that they would rather every reptile on the island die than a single rabbit be killed.