New Zealand Brown Teal Grant

The highly endangered New Zealand Brown Teal is threatened by drainage of wetlands, excessive hunting and perhaps most significantly, by predation of feral cats, ferrets, stoats, weasels, rats, pukeko and harrier hawks. Richard and Kay Jaquest of Sussex, UK are considered to be the most successful breeders of this species and the IWWA Board of Directors approved a $500 Grant to support the construction of an enclosure to further the breeding program of this species by Richard and Kay Jaquest.

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