About New Zealand Possum
The Brushtail Possum (no relation to the American Opossum) was introduced in to New Zealand about 150 years ago from Australia.
With no predators, the possum has decimated huge tracts of native forests eating 21,000 tons of vegetation nightly, that is 300g wet weight per possum. However, because of the lack of a predator in New Zealand that feeds on them and their incredible birthrate, possums are considered a major ecological pest. They are the number one enemy of New Zealand native bird life and native flora.
Preservation of New Zealand's native forests requires control of the possum population. All controls used in the past have had little overall impact. The poisoning of possums with 1080 and cyanide is an environmentally unacceptable way of control. We feel that an effective control for this pest is to promote the use of the fur with the fine possum products offered for sale.
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Learn more about New Zealand opossums:
New Zealand Department of Conservation
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