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Protecting birds and animals

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Protecting birds and animals

The importance of preserving animal habitats is suggested in this fire prevention poster.

Image courtesy of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-D-FOREST-SERVICE-1940s-01

by New Zealand State Forest Service

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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How to cite this page

Margaret Richardson, Forestry research – Combating threats to forests, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/17065/protecting-birds-and-animals (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Margaret Richardson, published 1 March 2009.