I’ll always take any chance to plug Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams which is a fantastic book that has a section about the Kakapo conservation efforts.
it’s why I love the kakapo so much, so glad others remember it too
Oh wow he just like me fr fr
Must have been a long vacation.
Seems pretty dangerous. The main islands of New Zealand are full of pests/ introduced predators like rats, stoats, ferrets, possums, hedgehogs, and feral cats.
Hopefully they will put these flightless parrots inside a predator-proof fence, or their days are numbered.
Indeed they are - to a reserve here
Seeing the collective conservation efforts of multiple successive governments to eliminate all non-native predators from New Zealand by 2050 is really inspiring.
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(Professor Farnsworth Voice) Good News, Everyone! The planet is dying but here’s a happy little article about a parrot!
… parrot returning to …N.Z. after 40-years…
Unfortunately it’s mate had remarried /s
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