Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand
10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2014
Secondly, New Zealand had already experienced on wave of extinction due to the introduction or rats and human hunting. Gamebirds, such as turkeys, pheasants, partridges, quail, Mallards and the like were also brought, as were popular sport fish. The settlers were not daunted by this inadequacy of New Zealand’s biota.
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