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Stoat with rabbit kill

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Stoat with rabbit kill

Despite their small size, stoats are aggressive hunters and readily kill young rabbits. Unfortunately, they have also taken a great toll on New Zealand’s native ground-dwelling birds, killing young chicks and eating eggs.

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by Dave Wills

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Robert Peden, Rabbits – Using predators for control, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15264/stoat-with-rabbit-kill (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Robert Peden, published 1 March 2009.