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Dogs navigate the world through scent, and kiwi have an irresistibly strong smell. Add to this a kiwi's lack of a breastbone, and even the gentlest nudge from a curious dog can be fatal.
So, how do we create the space for both kiwi and dogs to thrive as they increasingly share the same spaces?
In this episode of the People Helping Nature Podcast, Save the Kiwi's dog specialist, Emma Craig brings practical solutions to this challenging reality.
From night-time containment to specialised avoidance training for working dogs and tackling feral pack challenges, she shares how simple changes in dog management make huge differences for kiwi survival.
For example, in the Whangarei Heads, local dog owners embraced these approaches which hugely contributed towards kiw ...
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