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The bait is often an egg and a trap is placed in the tunnel to kill the stoat. [9] Recent trials of a new design of self-resetting stoat traps for remote areas have been encouraging. [10] "Mainland Islands", protected areas on the mainland of New Zealand that employ intensive control of introduced pests, [11] have stoat trapping on their ...
In New Zealand, the stoat feeds principally on birds, including the rare kiwi, kaka, mohua, yellow-crowned parakeet, and New Zealand dotterel. [44] Cases are known of stoats preying on young muskrats. The stoat typically eats about 50 g (1.8 oz) of food a day, which is equivalent to 25% of the animal's live weight. [45]
The Wildlife Act 1953 made hunting of white herons illegal, and adult birds have no natural predators in New Zealand, though chicks are preyed on by stoats and Australasian harriers. [5] There are over 150 traps in the reserve, run by White Heron Sanctuary Tours, to protect the colony from stoats, rats and possums. [16]
The island is free of possums, [2] and is currently the site for a trial of self-resetting stoat traps. [3] Although the island's close proximity to the mainland makes it prone to stoat re-invasion, it is an important potential buffer island protecting the pest-free islands south of it. There are plans for a further pest control project on the ...
Pukenui is home to the endangered species kākāpō. The first kākāpō were transferred to Pukenui in 2005 after stoat eradication in 2001. These birds are managed by the Kākāpō Recovery Team, which is a part of the New Zealand Department of Conservation. Pukenui has rimu forest, an important food source for the species.
Within the beech forests of New Zealand, the biomass of wasps is estimated to be greater than the combined biomass of birds, rodents and stoats [17] and it is estimated that they reduce the honeydew resource by >90% as well as having a major predation impact on native invertebrates.
European hedgehog in New Zealand: European fallow deer: 1864 Ferret: 1879 Goat: late 1700s Himalayan tahr: House mouse: Kiore: 1250 Kurī: 1250 Least weasel: Moose: 1900, 1910 Moose - New Zealand: Brown rat: Before 1800 European rabbit: 1838 European rabbit in New Zealand: Red deer: from 1851 Sambar deer: 1875-76 Sheep: 1773 Stoat: Stoat in New ...
From 2004 onwards, a network of stoat traps has been created on the island, connected via tramping tracks cut through the bush. The removal of stoats will provide significant protection for native species already present on the island, such as the Fiordland crested penguin, New Zealand falcon, kākā, kiwi and kākāriki.