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Pacific reach out to NZ for information on bird flu
3+ hour, 52+ min ago (455+ words) Pacific governments have asked New Zealand for advice on handling the H5 avian influenza, or bird flu, according to the Ministry of Primary and Industries. An adviser on seabirds in New Zealand said Pacific countries and territories should prepare for H5 bird…...
Country Life: The Trust helping New Zealand's raptors take flight again
2+ hour, 53+ min ago (488+ words) Ten years in the game, and 551 raptors on the books. "We started this, basically, in my backyard," Ron Lindsay said, "and it's built to where it is now." Lindsay is a founding member of the NZ Raptor Trust, a group…...
'Gen Z's Jane Goodall' has an online-only wildlife sanctuary in Texas
8+ hour, 26+ min ago (856+ words) Millions of people are learning about foxes, cows, birds and bugs via the free 24/7 live stream from Alveus Sanctuary, founded by Maya Hiya. Growing up on a farm in Northern California, Maya Higa was the kid turning over rocks to…...
Male redback's bizarre death somersault during sex is in its genes
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (1170+ words) Male redback spiders live fast and die young, ending their lives in a gory ritual of sexual cannibalism. Female spiders eat their male partners while they mate, and males appear to encourage this behaviour, with their final act being a…...
Bird flu preparations ramp up as cases rise in Australia
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (1103+ words) A wildlife hospital has set up an off-site triage centre to assess wild birds for signs of the deadly H5 flu, in case the country sees widespread transmission of the disease. There have been no new cases in the three weeks…...
'Ludicrous': Game hunters plan to restrict hunting male animals
2+ week, 1+ day ago (751+ words) West Coast farming advocates have blasted a proposal to prevent hunters from killing virile male animals as "ludicrous". The ACT Party has called for the National Game Animal Council (GAC) to take charge of managing game animals on conservation land…...
Commercial fishing could be banned in parts of Northland under mātaitai reserve plan
2+ week, 3+ day ago (968+ words) Commercial fishing could be banned along Northland's Bream Bay and in part of Whangārei Harbour if a proposed mātaitai reserve gets a green light. Fisheries NZ is currently consulting on the proposal and will hold a public meeting at Marsden…...
Mormon church agri-investor buys second kiwifruit orchard in New Zealand
2+ week, 4+ day ago (723+ words) A mixed dairy farm in Bay of Plenty is in for a multi-million dollar kiwifruit orchard re-development, as its new owner, a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints subsidiary, expands its horticulture interests in New Zealand. Farmland Reserve, the…...
Rising deer numbers drive decline in native forests - research
2+ week, 5+ day ago (345+ words) Ecologists are calling for a deer management strategy, as a new report finds the pests threaten native forests' regrowth. A paper by the University of Canterbury published today revealed rising deer numbers are driving a slow decline in native forests....
H is for Hawk flies onto the big screen
3+ week, 46+ min ago (766+ words) Helen Macdonald's best-selling memoir abut dealing with grief, H is For Hawk, is now a Bafta-nominated movie starring Claire Foy. Struggling to cope with the overwhelming grief after her father’s death, British historian Helen Macdonald, sought comfort through falconry. She…...