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Albino possum found in Otago trap

Otago Daily Times
5 Mar, 2019 10:19 PMQuick Read

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Otago Peninsula Biodiversity Group trustee David Chalmers holds a dead albino possum found in a humane-kill trap at Te Rauone Beach, on the Otago Peninsula, yesterday.

David Chalmers hold up the dead albino possum. Photo / Supplied
David Chalmers hold up the dead albino possum. Photo / Supplied

This is the second albino possum caught by the group in its campaign to rid the peninsula of the pest, as part of the Predator Free 2050 programme.

More than 17,500 possums have already been killed on the peninsula.

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