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Originally posted by Bob Moseley
Hi Jon
Most of the above were introduced by our first settlers who brought them over from the old country. They were in the form of domestic animals such as dogs, cats and rabbits and farm animals including the pigs. Some of these obviously escaped and became feral.  Bob
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Bob feral pigs were already here when the first settlers arrived. Visiting ship crews released them earlier so that the next time they came there would be wild porkers to provide fresh meat for the ship crews. It was the same in New Zealand and many other 'new' Island discoveries.
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"and on the 8th day he made trucks so that man, made on the 7th day, had shelter when woman threw him out for the night"
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