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New Zealand: Protected takahe killed in pukeko cull (4 out of 263 on the planet)
Conservation Minister Maggie Barry is "disappointed and deeply saddened" by the killing of four endangered takahe.
The birds were shot during an organised pukeko cull on Motutapu Island, north of Auckland, earlier this week.
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"There are only 263 of these unique birds left on the planet," she said.
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DOC yesterday said it would halt the cull while it conducted its investigation.
http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/protected-takahe-killed-in-pukeko-cull-2015082105
The birds were shot during an organised pukeko cull on Motutapu Island, north of Auckland, earlier this week.
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"There are only 263 of these unique birds left on the planet," she said.
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DOC yesterday said it would halt the cull while it conducted its investigation.
http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/protected-takahe-killed-in-pukeko-cull-2015082105
Left, pukeko, right, takahe (flightless):
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by the species who quadrupled in one century causing a world-wide mass-extinction. Wonder how many of them we've carried out? Thousands? millions?
Shoot-em up bang bang y'all!! 
