New Zealand orders bird cull and shoots the wrong endangered species

By Kate Aubusson
Updated August 22 2015 - 3:18am, first published 2:34am
Four critically endangered takahe birds have been shot by hunters in New Zealand. Photo: Jason Smith
Four critically endangered takahe birds have been shot by hunters in New Zealand. Photo: Jason Smith

Four critically endangered birds have been accidentally shot dead after hunters mistook them for a pest species that was being culled in New Zealand.

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