Young Kakapo
Credit: 100% Pure New Zealand
Return of young kkpM to Whenua Hou is the final stage in the successful 2009 breeding season.
The returning chicks are among the 33 that hatched and survived on Whenua Hou / Codfish Island. This brings the critically endangered kkpM population to 124 - more than double the number of birds alive little over a decade ago.
More than 30 DOC workers and volunteers have been involved with the breeding programme on Whenua Hou and in the mainland hand-rearing facility.
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Kakapo chicks move into the wild
2 September 2009