Kōrero: Hunting

The first chamois

The first chamois

In 1907 New Zealand’s first chamois – two males and three females – were liberated near Aoraki/Mt Cook. Held in a crate, they are about to be ferried across the Hooker River on a flying fox. Another pair were released nearby in 1914, but the male was shot after it attacked tourists. From a total of nine original animals, chamois quickly spread. By the 1990s they were found in much of the South Island’s mountain country.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PA7-08-03
Photograph by Michael Collett

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Carl Walrond, 'Hunting - Imported game animals', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15609/the-first-chamois (accessed 19 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008