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Endangered takahē move in

Six endangered Takahē were released last week at Cape Kidnappers Golf Course, located within the 2530ha Cape Sanctuary wildlife restoration project.  Takahē, a large iridescent blue-green endemic rail species, were thought to be extinct until 1947 when a tiny population were rediscovered in the Murchison Mountains. Ever since, intensive conservation work through innovative breeding programmes […]

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