Land predators

How do land predators harm penguins?

A dog’s point of view

Read the press release about yellow-eyed penguin fatalities reported to the Department of Conservation and the Otago Daily Times article about a yellow-eyed penguin being killed by a dog just after it had been released from the Penguin Place hospital.

Otago Daily Times - otagoimages.co.nz

Mustelids -weasels ferrets and stoats

Stoats are now considered "public enemy number one" for New Zealand birds. They have been known to take a yellow-eyed penguin egg from underneath an adult.

How to tell the difference between a stoat and a weasel.  

The StoatBusters Web site is run by a group of Inglewood High School students working in the Young Enterprise Scheme. They market and sell stoat traps.

Predator Traps - a website about types of humane kill traps developed by the Department of Conservation and Philip Waddington.

Cats - An Otago Daily Times article about how 'Dumped cats threaten precious wildlife'.

It is estimated that there are 220 cats per square kilometre in New Zealand.