Introduced Animals of New Zealand

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Possum trappers

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Kiore (Pacific rat)

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The Pacific rat

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A pheasant shoot

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Red deer

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Chamois

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Cat and kittens

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Article

Insects – overview: Introduced species

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Introduced animals

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Other

MAMMALS, INTRODUCED

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Fig. 2. Numbers of Introduced Bird Species According to Order. (After Kinsky, 1970 and 1980)

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Image: Lydekker^s "Tho Deer of All Lands." Numerous reports have been received of late of the enormous increase .of deer on Stewart Island, a sanctuary for our glorious native birds, and, on-account of its'wonderful flora, a paradise of the.rarest scenic beauty. This increase is mainly accounted for in :'/.ilhe.Virginian deer, which may certainly beclassed as "100 per cent. American;" they are American in origin, and are the most prolific ■■■deerin the tvorld, their natural rate of increase approaching close ■•■, on" 100iper cent, per annum: This species was introduced by tlie – Tourist Department in 1905, and has increased so ■< rapidly] since that it.now constitutes a most serious menace in the [.destruction of the forest. Unless,prompt action is taken to greatly reduce the numbers of this pest Stewart Island must soon lose its attraction-as a tourist resort. (Evening Post, 11 September 1929)

Lydekker^s "Tho Deer of All Lands." Numerous reports have been received of late of the enormous increase .of deer on Stewart Island, a sanctuary fo...

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Promoting fishing

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New Zealand game

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Mitchell, Leonard Cornwall 1901-1971: Sport in New Zealand; deer stalking, moose & wapiti, fur and feathered game. [ca 1935].

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$Image: Lyde'kker*s' "Tlae Deer" of All Lands." ■ TA bull moose (elk), the largest of. living deer, with'height at the , 'withers varying from sft 9in to 6ft :6in, and ranking, with the ■ camel, rhinoceros, Indian gaur fox), and bison, next, to the eles ( phant, the largest of living terrestrial; mammals. ' The "Encyclopaedia Britannica" states that "from' the shortness of their necks telks are unable to graze, and their chief food consists of young ,shoots and leaves of willow and birch." These.huge North American^ monarchs, for which New Zealand's, forests, ivere in no \, ivdr designed, are now breeding rapidly in -the)'West\Coast Sounds district, and are rigidly, protected.' :, • ■■■ (Evening Post, 11 September 1929)$

Lyde'kker*s' "Tlae Deer" of All Lands." ■ TA bull moose (elk), the largest of. living deer, with'height at the , 'withers varying from sft 9in to 6...

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$Image: Lydekker'a "Tho Deer. of All Lands." Wapiti, standing about sft 4in at the shoulder and weighing: from 700 to lOOOlbs, ivere released by the Tourist Department at the i head of George Sound in 1905, and have spread rapidly, being re\:porlefcaiTe Anau.in.l92l. Though not so prolific as moose and jVirginian'deer; they are fairly rapid breeders, and increase at a '.'greater rate than red or fallow deer. However* like llie moose, \lhef-arc .rigidly•protected, only three blocks, ivith two licences ■each and the right to take two heads-only'for 'each licence, being v det this year.; They; constituted1 real menace to our forests. (Evening Post, 11 September 1929)$

Lydekker'a "Tho Deer. of All Lands." Wapiti, standing about sft 4in at the shoulder and weighing: from 700 to lOOOlbs, ivere released by the Touris...

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