New Zealand Mammals

DSC_9446 Feral ferret (Mustela putorius furo) a large number of rare native bird species (including kiwi), fall prey to feral ferrets in New Zealand every year and so it is illegal to keep ferrets here. DoC license one or two individuals to hold neutered ferrets for conservation purposes, such as the two small, slim domesticated albino ferrets shown here. Owner Billy Barton uses these animals, to keep rabbit numbers down on DoC's Reserves, such as the Cromwell Chafer Reserve in Cromwell *

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DSC_9446 Feral ferret (Mustela putorius furo) a large number of rare native bird species (including kiwi), fall prey to feral ferrets in New Zealand every year and so it is illegal to keep ferrets here. DoC license one or two individuals to hold neutered ferrets for conservation purposes, such as the two small, slim domesticated albino ferrets shown here. Owner Billy Barton uses these animals, to keep rabbit numbers down on DoC's Reserves, such as the Cromwell Chafer Reserve in Cromwell *

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