New Zealand kiwi are flightless nocturnal birds facing extinction from introduced predators, requiring intensive management including egg incubation and predator control.
Kiwi conservation requires intensive intervention that involves welfare trade-offs. Egg removal for artificial incubation prevents parents from completing natural brooding. Intensive trapping of stoats and ferrets protects kiwi but involves welfare costs for target species. Dogs involved in kiwi dog aversion training must be handled carefully to avoid trauma. The welfare costs of intervention are justified by preventing extinction.