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Environment & Energy

wickerwoman

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8. Nope. See the link in post 2 below.

Reply to Panich52 (Reply #7)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 02:02 AM

Jul 2016

I live in New Zealand. There are major restrictions on the kinds of pets you can own. It's illegal to breed or sell gerbils or hamsters and most species of pet turtles even and ferrets and weasels are an absolute no. You can get multi-thousand dollar fines just for owning them.

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New Zealand headed for disaster � link to BreakingNews [View all] Panich52 Jul 2016 OP

Weasels, rats and cats aren't indigenous to New Zealand wickerwoman Jul 2016 #1

Didn't think rats & cats native but thought weasels were. Panich52 Jul 2016 #7

Nope. See the link in post 2 below. wickerwoman Jul 2016 #8

you do know those animals are not native to the island, right? boomer55 Jul 2016 #2

Understand the diff between indeginous and invasive predator species. Mika Jul 2016 #3

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2016 #4

No snakes there either rickford66 Jul 2016 #5

New Zealand is headed for restoration of its natural ecosystem. That's the opposite of "disaster". n Binkie The Clown Jul 2016 #6

The only native predator NZ had was the Haast's eagle NickB79 Jul 2016 #9

Haast's eagle was really something! yourpaljoey Jul 2016 #10

Present theory said the Haast Eagle did not soar, but flew through the trees happyslug Jul 2016 #11