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Can Stewart Island become Pest Free?

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New Zealand has one of the direst records of extinction is modern times, second on really to Hawaii in terms of bird species lost. Getting rid of rabbits and goats was something that had been done for many years, but it was generally thought that rats and cats would be impossible to remove from all but the smallest islands.

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Invasive species in Australia

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Feral Goats also arrived with the first European settlers and this species population fluctuates dramatically depending on climatic conditions. The main threat was the reduction in vegetation for native animals and the general degradation of the land.

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