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In the 1770s, Captain Cook released pigs and goats in New Zealand to feed future sailors; their feral descendants began destroying native bush

Captain James Cook first anchored in a quiet bay on New Zealand's South Island called Ship Cove on January 15, 1770. During these visits, according to the Department of Conservation field guide to ...
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In the 1770s, Captain Cook released pigs and goats in New Zealand to feed future sailors. Their descendants still threaten the country's native forests today

When Captain James Cook sailed through New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds during his second and third voyages in the 1770s, he deliberately released pigs and goats into the bush, hoping to establish a ...