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Trapped possum

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Trapped possum

This possum has been caught in a leg-hold trap. To avoid catching ground-dwelling birds like kiwi, the trap was placed on a ramp.

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Gerard Hutching, Possums – Spread of possums, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16887/trapped-possum (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Gerard Hutching, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.