A takahē found dead on Motutapu Island in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf, could be the latest victim of a stoat on the island, Stuff reports. Dave Wilson, the Department of Conservation’s (DOC) senior biodiversity ranger, revealed the takahē was found dead on Sunday. The bird’s cause of death is unknown, and its remains have been sent off for a necropsy.

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