A dedicated team of people work around the clock in an effort to save this amazing creature
The kakapo is the rarest parrot in the world. It’s flightless, it’s the world’s heaviest parrot, it's possibly the oldest living bird and it has a subsonic mating boom that can travel several kilometres, just to name a few things!
And don't forget the countless people who are trying to save the kakapo from the brink of extinction.
Ranger Diaries
Written by Chris Dyson , Wednesday, 03 March 2010 15:06
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Hi, Chris the Trainee Ranger here. Well I have just finished my work placement on Anchor Island with the Kakapo Team.
Written by Tim , Thursday, 11 February 2010 12:41
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Ranger Diaries
After an incessantly wet early summer, Anchor Island has been basking in radiant sunshine for the last fortnight. Our water tank even ran dry, an unheard-of event that’s the latest in a line of technical niggles which has seen more bucket-baths than showers lately, not that it matters much in this weather.
Sadly we euthanised one of our Stewart Island founder kakapo, Sass, yesterday. Sass had been of relatively poor condition for the last few years and has gone down hill steadily over the last 3 months.
For all kakapo fanatics out there - the kakapo now have their own feature length documentary!
It follows the Kakapo Recovery Programme from 2006 - 2009, charting the teams efforts to improve the fertility of the one and only breeding population.
