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The Livestock Living at the End of the World (Classic)

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Invasive Species Impact on Island Wildlife

A tale of shipwrecked sealers surviving on an island by eating pigs, only for the pigs to become an invasive species and wreak havoc on native flora and bird populations. The Department of Conservation steps in to prevent further ecological damage by removing the invasive pigs.

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