Story: Introduced animal pests

Dead predators

Dead predators

Department of Conservation worker Graeme Loh picks up a dead stoat. These ferrets, stoats and feral cats were trapped at Redbank Reserve at Macraes Flat, Otago, in April 2004, where they had been killing native skinks and geckos.

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Photograph by Nicola Vallance

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Bob Brockie, 'Introduced animal pests - Stoats and cats', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/10131/dead-predators (accessed 26 April 2024)

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