Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 20, 2019 16:13:07 GMT 12
WE JUST LOST ANOTHER SPECIES TO EXTINCTION - IT MUST BE THE LAST
We hear a lot about the danger of animals going extinct, but it's not often you can actually see an entire species obliterated.
But that's exactly what's happened to a precious native bug in Canterbury - and it wasn't killed by rats or possums, but by those known better for protecting nature.
Iwi. Specifically, Ngai Tahu Farming
As part of a treaty settlement 19 years ago, Ngai Tahu were returned land along the Waimakariri river......
www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/02/jesse-mulligan-we-just-lost-another-species-to-extinction-it-must-be-the-last.html
We hear a lot about the danger of animals going extinct, but it's not often you can actually see an entire species obliterated.
But that's exactly what's happened to a precious native bug in Canterbury - and it wasn't killed by rats or possums, but by those known better for protecting nature.
Iwi. Specifically, Ngai Tahu Farming
As part of a treaty settlement 19 years ago, Ngai Tahu were returned land along the Waimakariri river......
www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/02/jesse-mulligan-we-just-lost-another-species-to-extinction-it-must-be-the-last.html