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You’re Not Helping

10,000 Birds

Even wiping out one species, like possums, or stoats, or hedgehogs is probably beyond current methods. It’s undermined his own laudable efforts to clear the Antipodes of mice. Even wiping out a majority of mammals from the third biggest island is a challenge, and not just logistically.

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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.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

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.