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  2. Wildlife smuggling in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    A woman was convicted and fined $10,000 after being found with almost 50 raw swiftlet birds nests in December 2015. [23] The nests are typically used to make bird's nest soup . The second conviction for illegally importing elephant ivory occurred in December 2015 when Napier man Paddy Cooper was fined $8,000 for importing ivory through the mail ...

  3. Bird trapping - Wikipedia

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    Bird trapping techniques to capture wild birds include a wide range of techniques that have their origins in the hunting of birds for food. While hunting for food does not require birds to be caught alive, some trapping techniques capture birds without harming them and are of use in ornithology research.

  4. Naultinus - Wikipedia

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    In the past, animals could be collected from the wild to add to captive collections and this is how people typically used to enter the hobby; [9] this changed in 1981 when all species of native gecko were granted legal protection, [9] with the exception of two species of Hoplodactylus, the forest gecko (Hoplodactylus ganulatus) and common gecko ...

  5. Dog tramples endangered Nene nest leaving cracked eggs - AOL

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    So, if this nest fails, we have to wait a whole nother year before we are able to add more birds to the Hilo population,” said Lerma. According to experts, relocating Nene is not what is best ...

  6. List of invasive species in the Everglades - Wikipedia

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    Gekko gecko: Tokay gecko Southeast Asia / 1965 Imported by/through pet trade The Tokay Gecko was first introduced in the Everglades around 1965, in an attempt to exterminate cockroaches. However, in the wild, the gecko will eat lizards, frogs, birds, and other native species. They are nocturnal and territorial.

  7. 32 tips for taking care of wild birds - AOL

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    A shallow bird bath is brilliant, not just because it offers the wild birds in your area a place to access clean and fresh water to drink, but also because shallow bodies of water give them the ...

  8. Woodworthia maculata - Wikipedia

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    The species can be distinguished from the korowai gecko due to different ranges, as the korowai gecko is found exclusively on the west coast of the Auckland Region, and due to Woodworthia maculata having longer distal phalanges. [13] Individuals in the South Island are often more slender and darker in colour than those in the North Island. [14]

  9. Human uses of birds - Wikipedia

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    The greater honeyguide guides people in some parts of Africa to the nests of wild bees. [18] A guiding bird attracts a person's attention with a chattering call, and flies in short bounds towards a bees' nest. When the human honey-hunter has taken their honey, the honeyguide eats what is left.