Posted on 07/25/2016 11:45:17 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
New Zealand is a nation that takes its birds seriously, and it’s got very special ones. The country’s currency is adorned with images of winged species found nowhere else, including the yellow-eyed penguin and the black-masked kokako. The logo of the national air force is stamped with the famed kiwi — a chicken-sized puff of feathers that cannot fly.... “For the first time, technology is starting to make feasible what previously seemed like an unattainable dream,” ... In 2013, environmental activist Gareth Morgan suggested hunting down and killing every feral cat in New Zealand (a proposal that, Morgan told The Washington Post, elicited lots of hate mail from Americans.)
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You just can see that she is most proud of her charge!
Well, there goes New Zealand from the “Where Might Obama Retire List”.
Could they ad Mohammedans to the list?
Can we get the Kiwis to practice on our political class first?
Will that include Ruth Bader Ginsberg after Donald Trump wins the election?
"Carl Spackler..White Courtesy Phone."
Now that you mention it, most pols would avoid NZ!
We saw a Kiwi in a shelter in NZ a few years ago. Not a very impressive looking bird , but they love it so much that they refer to themselves as Kiwis.
New Zealand is almost like a temperate Galapagos in terms of its native species of birds. Cats and other species brought in are killing them off and they’ve got every right to try and control it. But I wouldn’t be too optimistic about their success.
The good news for NZ is, they are a bit off the muzzie path.
I thought Kiwis were pieces of fruit.
They are!
Did you notice that the other woman in the photo was none other than Angela Merkel? So I'm guessing that if New Zealand does manage to get rid of all its feral cats, Merkel will just figure out a way to import more into the country.
Are they paying bounties?
Big words.
Are they going to introduce coyotes?
“New Zealand vows to kill every weasel, rat and feral cat on its soil”
GOPe officials vow never to step foot in New Zealand.
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Bold stance.
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