Good keen dog proves a kiwi's best friend
A specially trained sniffer dog has found a large, mature brown kiwiliving in bush about to be cleared on a Far North road constructionsite.
Maggie, a trained kiwi-spotting dog, found the female bird during adaily site search carried out as part of consent conditionrequirements for construction of a new Kerikeri bypass.
Contractors are building a 1.6km road across the Kerikeri River tolink with Waipapa Rd and take traffic away from the historic KerikeriBasin and Stone Store heritage area.
The $14 million project carries a Far North District Council consentrequirement that any kiwi in the area should be found and moved awayas earthworks progress.
District council roading manager Greg Ingham said a kiwi dog searchesbush areas of the bypass route every morning before work starts. MORE>>
Maggie, a trained kiwi-spotting dog, found the female bird during adaily site search carried out as part of consent conditionrequirements for construction of a new Kerikeri bypass.
Contractors are building a 1.6km road across the Kerikeri River tolink with Waipapa Rd and take traffic away from the historic KerikeriBasin and Stone Store heritage area.
The $14 million project carries a Far North District Council consentrequirement that any kiwi in the area should be found and moved awayas earthworks progress.
District council roading manager Greg Ingham said a kiwi dog searchesbush areas of the bypass route every morning before work starts. MORE>>
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