Strange & Unknown

July 2009. Vets hope a young Kakapo being treated at the Massey University Wildlife Ward can be returned to the wild next week. Five-month-old Tiaho was one of 24 chicks hand-reared from the 34 born this year. There are only 124 Kakapo left in the world at present. Lecturer in avian and wildlife health Kerri Morgan says it was thought the critically endangered ...

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