Conservationists are turning to crowd-funding as they fear there's not enough Government funding to save kākāpō dying from an "unprecedented" disease. "The fact that they [DOC] have had to call for public funding is pretty sad." Hague said the kākāpō, as one of New Zealand's most endangered birds, was using plenty of resources already. DOC's donation page says kākāpō need "urgent support". Following a bumper breeding season, DOC expects to put approximately $1.9m towards the kākāpō recovery.

Source: Stuff June 07, 2019 06:27 UTC