The Edge of Extinction

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The Edge of Extinction

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By 1896 conservationist Richard Henry was so alarmed at how introduced pests had decimated the kākāpō, New Zealand's largest parrot, that he spent four years relocating 400 birds to Resolution Island. Then he discovered ferrets had beaten him, and his efforts were in vain. By the mid 1970s the kākāpō population numbered just 12 birds. This documentary follows NZ Wildlife Service leader Don Merton's rescue team, who after two years scouring Milford Valley locate two male birds and transport th...

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Video

Date created

1976

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/edge-of-extinction-1976

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endangered species / manu / birds / rescue / native birds / mitre peak / milford sound / fiordland / stewart island / richard henry / conservatism / ecology / deer / predators / habitat / maud island / jack shand / constance shand / farming / don merton / 1976 / wildlife service / doc / humankind / endangered animals / breeding / female / helicopter / cage / relocation / transport / nelson / milford airport / esperance bay / esperance valley / camp / radio / sniffer dogs / swandri / berries / food source / flax / booming / new zealand wildlife service / jack morrell / kākāpō / conservation / weasel / ferret / rat / 1970s / seventies / fiordland national park

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