Story: Bats
To save the threatened short-tailed bat, the Department of Conservation attempted to establish a population on predator-free Kapiti Island. In 2005 and 2006 pregnant bats were transferred from a colony in the Tararua Forest to Mt Bruce National Wildlife Centre, where their pups were born. When the pups were old enough to fly, the mothers were returned to the Tararua Forest and the pups were taken to Kapiti Island. This pup is one of the three taken to Kapiti Island in March 2006.
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Department of Conservation
Photograph by Jacqui McIntosh
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