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CAT ON THE ISLAND, THE 
Author:   Gary Crew    Author info     
Illustrator:   Gillian Warden  
RRP:   $24.99
Online Price :  $22.50
10+ Copy Price :  $21.25         
Format:   Hardback 
Type of Book:   Australian Picture Book 
ISBN:   9780207200700
Category:   Australian History
Published:   10/06/2008
Status:   Out Of Print
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It was raining outside, so I said: 'Gramps, tell me a story.' This is the true story of David and his father, who came to Stephens Island – a remote and pristine island off Cook Strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand in 1894. There they built a lighthouse to protect ships entering the strait. Oblivious of the potential damage to the environment, they chopped down the trees and ferns where the local birds sheltered, thereby demolishing their habitat. But worse than that, they brought their pregnant cat with them. The tiny Stephens Island wrens, being flightless, had no natural defences against the predators and were wiped out in less than two years. The event is cited as the only instance where one species has been directly responsible for the extinction of another. Of course, once they realised what had happened, conservation authorities began the official eradication of the cats, but by then the damage had been done. The strikingly beautiful illustrations reinforce the tragedy of the obliteration of this tiny Eden, a timely metaphor for that other paradise known as Earth


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Science Year 4 Biological Sciences


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