Rabbits & Possums in NZ, by Lloyd Esler

Two of the country's worst pest species - rabbits and possums - which  strip plants, rip up pasture and predate young birds - are the subject of a new book by Lloyd Esler, a natural history enthusiast from Invercargill.

The Rabbiter ( Tom Fitzgerald) by Colin Wheeler, courtesy of Paul Wheeler

Rabbit processing in Bluff, courtesy of Peter and Liz Cruickshank

Bill Bodkin

James Eastes postcard from Laurence Livingstone

Brush-tailed Possum

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