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Plague of Possums
Possum fur is often plucked and spun with sheep's wool to create soft and luxurious sweaters, hats and scarves; possum-leather ...
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PERC - The Property and Environment Research Center: PERC Enviropreneur wins support for her possum project
Environment Research Center: PERC Enviropreneur wins support for her possum project PERC Enviropreneur wins support for her possum project E-mail Print In the summer of 2007, Teresa ... possum. Platt proposed creating a fur industry with the abundant possum fur as its main product. The fur is lightweight with superior heat retaining properties, comparable to mink in some ways. If successful, the possum ...
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ECO-PROS Invasive Non-Native Species
Indian mongoose, Nile perch, brown tree snake, strawberry guava, brushtail possum, crazy ants, and mile-a-minute weed. Invasive Species Specialist Group (World Conservation Union) The ... are saying the only good one is a flat one! Originally introduced to increase the fur trade and now defoliating the country. War on Weeds "3:1 rule: For every year ...
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Conservation: New Zealand Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai
Possums Introduced to New Zealand in 1837 to establish a fur trade, the possum has become one of the greatest threats to our natural environment. Find out more ...
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EDGE :: Species Search
Mountain frog (Philoria richmondensis)Mountain nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni)Mountain pygmy possum (Burramys parvus)Mountain spiny-chest frog (Alsodes montanus)Mountain Stream Siredon ... pengilleyi)Northern Dwarf Siren (Pseudobranchus striatus)Northern frog (Occidozyga borealis)Northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus)Northern Gastric Brooding Frog (Rheobatrachus vitellinus)Northern glider ...
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EDGE of Existence :: Evolutionarily Distinct & Globally Endangered
The short-tailed chinchilla is famous for its beautiful bluish-grey fur, which is extremely soft and dense and considered to be ... exploitation, which began in the early nineteenth century. The dense silky fur is considered to be one of the most valuable in the ... groups appear to be more vulnerable that others. The mountain pygmy possum from southeast Australia is reliant on winter snow-fall for its ...
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Mountain Pygmy-possum Burramys parvus - Threatened Species Day 2005 fact sheet
Its mouse-like body is covered in thick greyish fur ... plan for the mountain pygmy-possum: http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/PDFs/recoveryplan_mountain_pygmy-possum.pdf#search='The%20Mountain% ... the PDF file. Download Mountain Pygmy-possum Burramys parvus (tsd05mountain-pygmy-possum.pdf - 299 KB) If you cannot access ...
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Possum Fact Sheet
At the height of the fur trade, trappers killed 20 million possums in a year. But that did not make much of a dent in possum numbers. Possum numbers can build up quickly because every mother possum ...
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Fur
Fur Auctions Klotz, Hattie Fur fashion to the rescue : Trapping eases New Zealand's plague of possums March 2001 "After years of confrontation between fur fanatics and environmentalists, the lowly possum ... The Australian brush-tailed possum, put simply, is a pest of epidemic proportions." (This article is categorised under Animal Fibres / Trapping) Lapointe, Eugene The return of fur February 2006 " ...
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Possum Quiz
Links | Glossary | How Can I Help? | Educators | Colouring | Quiz Possum Quiz KCC Quiz Read the possum quiz questions and write your answers on a piece ... to New Zealand? a - To round up sheep b - For their fur c - To be pets d - To kill flies 4. Approximately ... Pohutukawa and Rata Check your answers... Possum Quiz Answers Want to learn more about possums? Check out the Possum Fact Sheet Return to the ...
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