Why the Kiwi would be a great Animal to have in the Game

[Faramburu]

It's because they're crucially important to New Zealand's conservation efforts. They're exported very sparingly. It's not worth the risk of sending them overseas most of the time.

Thanks

 

[becks474]

I hope we will see kiwi in one point of the game! Its really basic to code: Like the cassowary or the ostrich. Also could represent new zealand in an oceania animal pack.
Also one question: New Zealand and Australia are the only countries in the world that had kiwis in captivity?

Frankfurt Zoo in Germany has a Kiwi breeding program. I have been there 3 months ago. But unfortunately Kiwis are just shown when they have chicks.

 

[Firestar97]

Frankfurt Zoo in Germany has a Kiwi breeding program. I have been there 3 months ago. But unfortunately Kiwis are just shown when they have cubs.

Don't you mean Chicks? I don't know why the Babys of any Bird Species should be called Cubs

 

[becks474]

Don't you mean Chicks? I don't know why the Babys of any Bird Species should be called Cubs

Yes, it could be. I just used the Google search to translate the german word "Jungtier" and the translator said cubs to me. I must say I do not need the english word so often normally

 

[FoxyDee]

Hell yea we need Kiwi. My favourite bird species.

 

[hudsonbear]

Also, it has a stupidly huge egg:

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That is wild!
I'm all for more small habitat animals, and the kiwi ticks the box.

 

[Jehovah the Cat]

It would be a real Pain in the universal neck if once again a video game/ Big company just forgot about NZ as a whole. The Kiwi is the Embodiment of Zelandia

 

[peafowl]

bird

 

[premierfong]

I thought it would be perfect.

 

[Kephear]

Agreed on adding kiwi- we need an actual Oceania pack anyway as seems ridiculous to just have a couple of Australia animals representing the whole of Oceania!
I'd like an animal pack ideally- something along the lines of:
The New Guinea slots:
Long-beaked Echidna
Tree kangaroo
Crowned Pigeon
Aussie slots:
Tiger Quoll or Tasmanian Devil or Platypus
Emu
New Zealand slots:
Kiwi
Kea (I'd settle for them behaving like peacocks if they don't intend to do aviaries, but would rather they be included in an aviary pack given how unique they are along with the fact are kept in a number of zoos worldwide & even as pets in some countries) or Fiordland crested penguin (would be nice to have a penguin species with a high tropical & temperate foliage requirement) or New Zealand Fur Seal.
Tuatara

 

[NZFanatic]

even as pets in some countries

Eh?

 

[Kephear]

Eh?

Yep- one sold for $25,000 in Japan back in 2020- it made the news. If memory serves that bird was breed in Europe, where the largest number seem to be kept (outside of zoos).
There are large numbers of kea legally kept in captivity overseas because they were exported to zoos & collectors around the world before they were given full protection under the Wildlife Act in 1986.
The CITES trade database shows between 213 to 299 live kea were traded internationally between 1981 & 2018, mostly from captive breeding facilities overseas as New Zealand export records show there have been no live export of Kea from NZ since 1996.

 

[NZFanatic]

Yep- one sold for $25,000 in Japan back in 2020- it made the news. If memory serves that bird was breed in Europe, where the largest number seem to be kept (outside of zoos).
There are large numbers of kea legally kept in captivity overseas because they were exported to zoos & collectors around the world before they were given full protection under the Wildlife Act in 1986.
The CITES trade database shows between 213 to 299 live kea were traded internationally between 1981 & 2018, mostly from captive breeding facilities overseas as New Zealand export records show there have been no live export of Kea from NZ since 1996.

The exotic pet trade is a scourge, really.

 

[Kephear]

The exotic pet trade is a scourge, really.

Agreed. Kea are probably one of, if not the worst parrot species to keep as a pet. They are waaaaaaay too smart.