Dear Leonie

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Emma Wolff
for Director-General

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Dear Leonie,

 

Please see the attached document in response to your Official Information
Act request to the Department of Conservation, dated 16 September 2018. 
You requested the following:

 

In a press release on your website from 02 October 2013 it states that
"... dogs are a serious threat to adult kiwi as they find their smell
irresistible..."

 

This statement or variants of it appear widely in DOC material and
publications. We query this as our experience with dogs leads us to
believe that in bush settings, dogs prefer other scents over kiwi, such as
possum, and pig.

 

Would you please provide any supporting scholarly evidence for this
statement.

 

 

Regards,

Laura

Laura Mansfield
Personal Assistant
Julie Knauf, Acting Director Terrestrial Ecosystems Unit
Department of Conservation—Te Papa Atawhai
DDI: +64 027 408 3525

National Office
Conservation House 18-32 Manners St | PO Box 10 420, Wellington 6143

Conservation leadership for our nature Tâkina te hî, Tiakina, te hâ o te
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