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Dead predators

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Dead predators

Department of Conservation worker Graeme Loh picks up a dead ferret. 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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Bob Brockie, Introduced animal pests – Stoats and cats, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/10131/dead-predators (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Bob Brockie, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.