Cattle stomp in critically-endangered bird habitatFAIRFAX NZ Cattle have been photographed on the nesting ground of one of the world's most endangered species, the Black Stilt/Kaki, which has as little as 70 adults left in the wild. Cattle have been spotted grazing and defecating near a breeding area for one of the world's most endangered birds. A marauding cattle herd was photographed last month walking freely along the Hopkins river bed, near Mount Cook. SUPPLIED Cattle were seen grazing in the Hopkins river, near a breeding site for the critically endangered black stilt. "They're critically endangered and they're intensely managed, but their numbers are not going back up.

Source: Stuff October 10, 2016 08:25 UTC