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Voice of the Kākāpō 07 | Dark days
Season 3
Episode 7
Published 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Description
A deadly fungal disease strikes the kākāpō population on Whenua Hou and the Kākāpō Recovery team calls on New Zealand wildlife vets to help.
This episode was first released on 17 March 2020.
In April 2019, disaster struck the kākāpō population.
There was an outbreak of the deadly fungal disease aspergillosis, which would eventually kill two adult females and seven chicks.
But against expectations, veterinary experts were able to nurse many birds back to health.