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The Glen Reference Source / Western Weka

Source Population: What's This?
Wild
Capture Site Name: What's This?
Chetwode Islands
Capture Location:
Malbourough Sounds, New Zealand
Capture Site Latitude: What's This?
40.53' S
Capture Site Longitude: What's This?
174.04' E
Capture Site Population: What's This?
Not Located Reference Source
Capture Site Population Year: What's This?
Not Located Reference Source
Capture Method: What's This?
Reference Source
Number Captured: What's This?
112
Percentage Captured: What's This?
Not Located
Transport Method: What's This?
Not Located Reference Source
Transport Timespan (in hours): What's This?
Not Located Reference Source
Number Dead in Transport: What's This?
Not Located Reference Source
Percentage Dead in Transport: What's This?
Not Located Reference Source
Notes: What's This?
REASON FOR TRANSL: Increase range of species; part of Chetwode weka eradication program - translocation done as measure to negate associated negative publicity CAPTURE METHOD: Wire cage trap and hand nets POPULATION STATUS: Few reported sightings of birds after release - transfer assumed to have failed to establish population *2 birds known to have escaped from release cage, 11 unbanded birds presumed to have escaped from holding pen
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Amanda Spratt