Thanks to Sue Blaikie for providing the stomach content data below from weasels caught this year on the Paekākāriki Escarpment and in Queen Elizabeth Park.

1. Caught 31-1-23 - male 121g, stomach full of lizard

2. Caught 25-4-23 - male 133g, mouse flesh & fur in stomach

3. Caught 1-5-23 - female 74g, mouse ingested

4. Caught 7-6-23 - male 137g, stomach full of lizard

5. Caught 3-7-23 - 96g, maggots

6. Caught 3-7-23 - 101g, stomach empty

#Conservation #Trapping #Lizards #Predatorfree2050

New Zealand's only certified hedgehog detection dog hits the beat | Stuff.co.nz

#Conservation #PredatorFree2050

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/130832200/new-zealands-only-certified-hedgehog-detection-dog-hits-the-beat

Saving our cats through a National Cat Act | Stuff.co.nz

"Dr Helen Beattie is the managing director of Veterinarians for Animal Welfare Aotearoa (VAWA), an animal welfare expert and was the New Zealand Veterinary Association's first chief veterinary officer."

#Cats #Conservation #Biodiversity #PredatorFree2050

https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/130605972/saving-our-cats-through-a-national-cat-act