Fourteen-day-old kakapo chick on Codfish Island awaiting airlift with Don Merton to Auckland Zoo. The chick was seriously undernourished but is progressing well at the zoo. Both chicks in Auckland will eventually be placed in the captive breeding programme on Maud Island.
JOHN HAWKINS/SOUTHLAND TIMES
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Forest and Bird, Volume 23, Issue 2, 1 May 1992, Page 3
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45Fourteen-day-old kakapo chick on Codfish Island awaiting airlift with Don Merton to Auckland Zoo. The chick was seriously undernourished but is progressing well at the zoo. Both chicks in Auckland will eventually be placed in the captive breeding programme on Maud Island. JOHN HAWKINS/SOUTHLAND TIMES Forest and Bird, Volume 23, Issue 2, 1 May 1992, Page 3
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