A stuffed cat used in "predator training" of endangered black stilts. Feral cats common in the main area still supporting a stilt population, the Mackenzie Basin are one of the main threats to the stilt and will prey on eggs, young and adults. Before the arrival of introduced animals, black stilts only had to contend with a few avian predators such as weka, harriers and pukeko and would have developed little in the way of anti-predator defence behaviour.
ROD MORRIS
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Forest and Bird, Issue 280, 1 May 1996, Page 37
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80A stuffed cat used in "predator training" of endangered black stilts. Feral cats common in the main area still supporting a stilt population, the Mackenzie Basin are one of the main threats to the stilt and will prey on eggs, young and adults. Before the arrival of introduced animals, black stilts only had to contend with a few avian predators such as weka, harriers and pukeko and would have developed little in the way of anti-predator defence behaviour. ROD MORRIS Forest and Bird, Issue 280, 1 May 1996, Page 37
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