The only good stoat is a dead stoat

January 2020

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January 2020

Predator control is essential to saving native birds, but it’s how it’s done and talked about that matters.
Do New Zealanders need to rethink the way they talk about predator control?  Hating possums seems to be as compulsory for New Zealanders as supporting the All Blacks. From Northland to Stewart Island, people are getting involved with ridding the country of stoats, possums and rats. For New Zealand’s native wildlife, it’s now or never. […]

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