DSC_6655  Stoat (Mustela erminea) trapping for predators. Mike Camm coordinates a group of Northland landowners who all keep their properties 'predator free' through the use of Fenn Mk IV traps placed in wooden tunnels to catch stoats, ferrets, and weasels. Trapping benefits local ground nesting birds such as vulnerable brown teal, and Northland brown kiwi.
11002-21310 Stoat (Mustela erminea) with young great-spotted kiwi chick outside burrow
11002-21214 Stoat (Mustela erminea) with rifleman prey. Introduced into New Zealand in 1884 by runholders whose economic self-interest outweighed a desire to protect our native birds
11002-21219 Stoat (Mustela erminea) with tui prey. Introduced into New Zealand in 1884 by runholders whose economic self-interest outweighed a desire to protect our native birds
11002-21314 Stoat (Mustela erminea) with young great-spotted kiwi chick outside burrow
11002-21313 Stoat (Mustela erminea) with young great-spotted kiwi chick outside burrow
11002-22220  Domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo) ferret farming was made legal for a few years from 1985. This hand-picked selection of prime 'fitch' furs was produced from animals imported from Finland and Scotland before the market crashed and animals were released into the countryside
11002-22113  Feral ferret (Mustela putorius furo) with newborn young in den
Common Weasel, Mustela nivalis (10)
DSC_6655 Stoat (Mustela erminea) trapping for predators. Mike Camm coordinates a group of Northland landowners who all keep their properties 'predator free' through the use of Fenn Mk IV traps placed in wooden tunnels to catch stoats, ferrets, and weasels. Trapping benefits local ground nesting birds such as vulnerable brown teal, and Northland brown kiwi.
DSC_6655  Stoat (Mustela erminea) trapping for predators. Mike Camm coordinates a group of Northland landowners who all keep their properties 'predator free' through the use of Fenn Mk IV traps placed in wooden tunnels to catch stoats, ferrets, and weasels. Trapping benefits local ground nesting birds such as vulnerable brown teal, and Northland brown kiwi.
DSC_6655 Stoat (Mustela erminea) trapping for predators. Mike Camm coordinates a group of Northland landowners who all keep their properties 'predator free' through the use of Fenn Mk IV traps placed in wooden tunnels to catch stoats, ferrets, and weasels. Trapping benefits local ground nesting birds such as vulnerable brown teal, and Northland brown kiwi.
See photo in original gallery.