To Save the Kākāpō
Television (Full Length) – 1998
The ancient kākāpō evolved in a land isolated from the rest of the world for millions of years. It was a safe and benign place. As a result, kākāpō are naive and trusting — qualities which make them tolerant of being handled, but vulnerable to predators.
– Narrator Karen Elliot Best at the beginning of this episode
A minute later, she begins feeding Gromit. The kākāpō's trust and tolerance has worked in their favour.
– Narrator Karen Elliot Best says the kākāpō foster mother taking a starving chick (Gromit) under her wing has been successful
Everyone's out doing rat duty, because the number being caught around the nests is increasing. Even more alarmingly, time-lapse video reveals a rat inside Alice's nest.
– Narrator Karen Elliot Best describes one of the predators threatening kākāpō breeding
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