Hi bloggers so New Zealand has been having this problem with possum they are pest to New Zealand when they were brought in 1837 because of there soft skin and thick, New Zealanders decide that it would be good to start a fur industry, so they brought possum from Australia to New Zealand. The Government said it was it was illegal to bring more possum in NZ but then possum were living in 450 parts of New Zealand, so in 1949 possum were a pest to New Zealand. New Zealand goal is to clear all possum in New Zealand by 2050.
Whats wrong with possum:
They are pest animal to New Zealand. They are predators and threats to our forest and native land, they eat leaves, flowers, leaf buds, fruit, eggs, birds, insects and snails.
Here are three reason why possum should all be killed:
1# Some animals are endangered because of possum
2# They are damaging our native trees
3# They are no good they ruin our environment for our native animals.
Kia ora Leilani,
ReplyDeleteIt's great to see that you took the time to do some research and to find out more about possums. They were introduced into New Zealand many years ago, however, they have grown in numbers over the past century and now attack and kill a number of our native species. As you mentioned, they also damage many of our native trees. I wonder if the campaign to make New Zealand predator free by 2050 will be successful. What do you think?
Keep up the great work with your blogging! There are still three more days to go before the Winter Learning Journey programme comes to an end for 2017...
Rachel :)