Auto resetting traps are the latest tool to combat predators – more such innovations are needed to make total predator eradication possible. Photo: Supplied
The prospect of a pest free New Zealand is fascinating. It’s the kind of ‘think big’ science project that landed men on the moon. An estimated 26 million birds are killed each year in New Zealand by introduced predators like rats, stoats, possums and other mustelids. And that’s a conservative number. But just as the […]
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