New Zealand Species Held Overseas

New Zealand Species

A friend locally had a pair some years ago which I believe came from Nick Fox. I got the impression then that the gene pool was small; this pair never produced fertile eggs are now long dead.
 
vogelcommando said:
3 pages of species kept outside New Zealand and still one not mentioned !!!!!
The New Zealand Falcon is kept at least in privat collections and I guess also some are kept ( and bred ) in the many small public Bird-of Prey parks in Germany, Austria and France.
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I didn't know about this species being kept in Europe either. Rather surprised that NZ gave export permission for them, even in 1983. Thanks for the info.
 
zooboy28 said:
I didn't know about this species being kept in Europe either. Rather surprised that NZ gave export permission for them, even in 1983. Thanks for the info.
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Nick Fox is quite an important name in the study and conservation of the falcons in NZ, so I guess the export would also have benefits for that (in terms of research).
 
After a long period of silence I found yet another New Zealand species kept outside it native home - a domesticated this time. Emmen Zoo - the Netherlands report that it recently obtained 2 Kune kune swines, a breed I had never heared of before. I'm also not informed from were they got these animals.
 
vogelcommando said:
After a long period of silence I found yet another New Zealand species kept outside it native home - a domesticated this time. Emmen Zoo - the Netherlands report that it recently obtained 2 Kune kune swines, a breed I had never heared of before. I'm also not informed from were they got these animals.
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Kune Kune are pretty common in collections all over Europe, including petting farms - especially in the UK.
 
I can't count kunekune as a NZ species. They are just a pig. Probably of Asian origin, nobody really knows. But yes, as Dave says, pretty common in European collections now.
 
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