10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. There were no mammals, little game, and not many birds either. Brush-tailed Possums were brought from Australia to help start a fur industry. Rabbits are still an agricultural pest.

New Zealand 161

New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 161

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

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. This is quite a big deal for an island group that had no mammals save bats for millions of years. The principal poison used in New Zealand its sodium flouroacetate , commonly known as 1080.

Animal Rights 257

Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 257

Reddit Animals

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

We do have a possum and a raccoon that live somewhere on the property. Lots of squirrels, chipmunks, deer, rabbits. but that's pretty much it for mammals. None of my neighbors have cats and I'm only aware of one dog owner blocks away. And I have found one small dead garden snake in the street.

Rats 40

Rats Mice Rodents Chipmunks 40

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2012

I’ve written at length in the past about the circumstances of that extinction event, how the rich endemic fauna was utterly vulnerable to introduced mammals and how waves of invaders wiped out different groups of species. I’ve also touched on how New Zealanders have responded to these extinctions, but not in as much depth.

New Zealand 172

New Zealand Rats Mammals Possums 172