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Story: Introduced animal pests

All images and media

From page 1 - Impact of animals on the bush

Loss of forest

Go forth and multiply

Go forth and multiply

Damaged and undamaged forest

Damaged and undamaged forest

Joseph Banks’s journal

Joseph Banks’s journal

From page 2 - Possums

Possum trappers

Possum trappers

Possum damage

Eating eggs

Loading possum bait

Loading possum bait

From page 3 - Rats and mice

Kiore stowaways

Kiore stowaways

Ship-rat nest

Rat attacking a nest

Rat attacking a nest

Bait tubes

Bait tubes (1st of 2)

Taking the bait

Taking the bait (2nd of 2)

From page 4 - Stoats and cats

Stoat with rabbit kill

Stoat with rabbit kill

Three mustelids

Three mustelids

Poisoning eggs

Dead predators

From page 5 - Deer, goats, pigs and wasps

New Zealand game

New Zealand game

Red beech forest

Red beech forest

‘Judas goat’

‘Judas goat’

Pig rooting, Wairau valley

Pig rooting, Wairau valley (1st of 2)

Pig rubbing damage

Pig rubbing damage (2nd of 2)

German wasps

How to cite this page:

Bob Brockie, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/introduced-animal-pests/media (accessed 22 April 2019)

Story by Bob Brockie, published 24 Sep 2007, updated 1 Jul 2015