The main food of ferrets is rabbits and hares. Densities of ferrets seem to be strongly correlated with density of rabbits. A sudden reduction in rabbit numbers, as with the introduction of RCD/RHD but also with natural fluctuations, means that hungry ferrets attack other animals like threatened native species.
No studies on threatened specifies mentioned.
Rodents, possums and ground-dwelling or nesting birds are all frequently taken. Lizards, eels, frogs, insects, eggs, hedgehogs and carrion are minor prey items.
No studies support this claim.
E: Oh.
In 1994, three radio-tagged adult kiwi and five untagged kiwi in a Landcare Research study disappeared from Lake Waikaremoana within a month - and it's almost certain all eight were killed by ferrets.
> The main food of ferrets is rabbits and hares. Densities of ferrets seem to be strongly correlated with density of rabbits. A sudden reduction in rabbit numbers, as with the introduction of RCD/RHD but also with natural fluctuations, means that hungry ferrets attack other animals like threatened native species.
No studies on threatened specifies mentioned.
> Rodents, possums and ground-dwelling or nesting birds are all frequently taken. Lizards, eels, frogs, insects, eggs, hedgehogs and carrion are minor prey items.
No studies support this claim.
E: Oh.
> In 1994, three radio-tagged adult kiwi and five untagged kiwi in a Landcare Research study disappeared from Lake Waikaremoana within a month - and it's almost certain all eight were killed by ferrets.
No studies on threatened specifies mentioned.
No studies support this claim.
E: Oh.