More links and websites
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New Zealand Alpaca Association
The site of the New Zealand Alpaca Association has information about farming alpacas and alpaca products.
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Dairy Goat Co-operative
The Dairy Goat Co-operative provides information on goat farming and products, including using goats for controlling weeds.
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New Zealand rare breeds
The website of the Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand has information about uncommon livestock species and breeds, including goats, water buffaloes, alpacas and llamas.
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Code of recommendations for the welfare of ostrich and emu
This Biosecurity New Zealand paper lays out the code of practice for farming emus and ostriches.
More suggestions and sources
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King, Carolyn M., ed. The handbook of New Zealand mammals. 2nd ed. Melbourne and Auckland: Oxford University Press, 2005.
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Lamb, R. C. Birds, beasts and fishes: the first hundred years of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society. Christchurch: North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, 1964.