At right: Steve Allen setting pest traps. Wooden trap covers prevent kiwi and other non-target animals getting caught in the pest traps. Covering the traps with tunnels also helps to attract predators such as stoats and ferrets, which often hunt for food in rabbit and bird burrows. Baits, such as hen eggs and salted rabbit meat, are used.
SARAH GIBBS
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Forest and Bird, Issue 302, 1 November 2001, Page 17
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60At right: Steve Allen setting pest traps. Wooden trap covers prevent kiwi and other non-target animals getting caught in the pest traps. Covering the traps with tunnels also helps to attract predators such as stoats and ferrets, which often hunt for food in rabbit and bird burrows. Baits, such as hen eggs and salted rabbit meat, are used. SARAH GIBBS Forest and Bird, Issue 302, 1 November 2001, Page 17
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