In 1904, a British duke sent six Himalayan tahr to New Zealand for hunting; five survived, and the population later grew to tens of thousands

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In 1904, a British duke sent six Himalayan tahr to New Zealand for hunting; five survived, and the population later grew to tens of thousands
In 1904, a British duke gave New Zealand six Himalayan tahr to hunt. A long-term study found their grazing affected alpine plant cover and tussock height.