Other articles written by Katherine Hurst
Help not harm: tips to feed birds in your backyard
Birdfeeding in urban gardens is a popular pastime. Recent research shows that while feeding has benefits for native birds, there are also risks.
Cracking into a career in conservation
Experienced predator control specialists are in hot demand, and we’ll need even more to successfully achieve the Predator Free NZ vision.
High-tech predator control solutions for today, not tomorrow
Photo-booths for lizards, long-lasting lures, and traps that can recognise what it’s caught - if you want high-tech solutions, talk to Critter Solutions.
Rabbit control could help us towards a predator free future
Controlling introduced mammal predators can lead to an increase in native birds, lizards, and invertebrates - but could fewer predators also lead to an unwelcome increase in rabbits?
When it comes to predator free, do mice matter?
In many wildlife sanctuaries around New Zealand fences make it almost impossible for most introduced predators to get in. But mice can still sneak through…