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A
pair of Kea parrots
under mountain shubbery and on
moss covered rock, as the bird favors the forested and alpine regions of
New Zealand. Labeled as a pest, and connected with the bleeding backs of
sheep, the government paid a bounty for Kea beaks, leading to the death of
over 150,000 birds by 1970. The bounty was only lifted only after the population had been reduced to
a mere 5,000 and seemed on the verge of extinction. Keas were given full
protection in 1986, but still have their advesaries among the
residents. In 2008, for example, two parrots were shot and stapled to a
sign near Arthur's pass. |
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