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Saving the Skinks
Grand and Otago skinks are amongst New Zealand’s largest lizards, and are endangered. However, an important breakthrough in predator control has led to a strong recovery in a protected population of up to 94 per cent in just three years. At Macrae’s Conservation Area in Eastern Otago, two mammal-proof exclosures and 45 kilometres of traplines have been used to control a wide range of predators.
Pictured are Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick and Labour MP Charles Chauvel with one of the skinks, following a ceremony to mark the handover to Wellington Zoo of a small number of each species.