![]() ![]() "Someone has to get to that trap very, very quickly to make sure that whatever is in there is dealt with, either released if it’s a kea, and euthanised humanely if it is a cat or a possum,” she says. ![]() When an animal is caught it triggers a signal to the Department of Conservation at St Arnaud. ![]() Tamsin Orr-Walker, from the Kea Conservation Trust Photo: Supplied/Tamsin Orr-Walkerįootage from cameras shows "constant invasion of these nests by rats, possums and stoats, and then of course we started over the years seeing invasion of feral cats," Orr-Walker says.Ī network of live-capture cat and possum traps was set up - live because kea can also get caught in the traps. ![]()
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