A feral cat caught on Little Barrier Island. After an intensive and successful campaign to eradicate cats from the island in 1978-80, the numbers of stichbirds multiplied sixfold and the robin and parakeet populations also increased markedly. Saddlebacks, earlier eliminated by cats, were successfully re-established on the island.
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
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Forest and Bird, Issue 280, 1 May 1996, Page 36
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51A feral cat caught on Little Barrier Island. After an intensive and successful campaign to eradicate cats from the island in 1978-80, the numbers of stichbirds multiplied sixfold and the robin and parakeet populations also increased markedly. Saddlebacks, earlier eliminated by cats, were successfully re-established on the island. DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Forest and Bird, Issue 280, 1 May 1996, Page 36
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