Abstract
ABSTRACTDuring the nineteenth century, three species of mustelids were successfully imported into New Zealand to act as natural enemies of rabbits. This article describes a series of serious proposals to import seven other predatory species, all of which were fortunate failures. The red fox arrived only as a tame pair, which died without issue, and further imports were prohibited. Mongooses arrived in what could have been sufficient numbers to establish, but died out when released. Five further proposals for species’ importations were never enacted, but the fact that they were suggested at all indicates the strength of the imperative to find a way to control ‘the rabbit nuisance’.
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