New Zealand moved every surviving kakapo to predator-free islands after cats and stoats pushed the flightless parrot toward extinction; decades later, the entire species is still being managed bird by bird

Unlike other endangered species whose survival depends on habitat preservation or broader landscape-level risk reduction, the conservation of the kākāpō revolves around individual birds. This is one of the most closely watched and intensively managed endangered species in the world.

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