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Protected gannets shot dead at Muriwai Newshub 2 hrs ago © Getty Gannets at Muriwai. Eight birds have been shot dead at Auckland s gannet colony in Muriwai, and the police want help finding who s responsible. The dead gannets, or tākapu, were found on March 8 just after Auckland s short level 3 COVID-19 lockdown.  Testing and x-rays indicate that the tākapu were shot dead with pellets, likely from an air rifle, some multiple times, said Stephen Bell, Auckland Council park ranger. It is incredibly sad to see such an ignorant, selfish and cowardly act, and at a time when the tākapu colony is at its busiest with thousands of nesting birds who make Muriwai their home between August and March every year to raise their chicks, said Bell.

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