Endangered Kakapo numbers on the rise

Published: 6:58PM Thursday January 15, 2009 Source: ONE News

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One of the world's most endangered birds, the kakapo, could number more than 100 by the end of this year.

This will be a milestone which hasn't been reached for more than 20 years.

The Department of Conservation (DOC) has released footage of Lisa, one of only 90 kakapo in the world, laying a clutch of three eggs on Whenua Hou, near Stewart Island.

One of the eggs has been confirmed as fertile.

DOC is expecting a bumper breeding season - and hopes for as many as 40 new chicks this year.

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