Inangahua house discovery
Dead kiwis, tuis, and keas were found in a house at Inangahua Junction recently, and a man will appear in the District Court at Westport on charges laid under the Wildlife Act. The man, an opossum trapper who shared the house with another trapper, was traced to the Urewera National Park by a special investigations unit of the Wildlife Service set up a year ago to detect offences against protected animals. The man will be charged under the Wildlife Act with hunting, killing, and illegal possession of the birds. Three kiwis, two keas, and two tuis were found in the house after the two men had left it. One of the kiwis was found in a jar and some of the other birds were found in a freezer.
A Wildlife Service spokesman said that other birds were also found in the immediate area but there was no evidence to connect them with those found in the house.
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Press, 15 July 1983, Page 1
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