How Many Wildlife Species Visit Zaytuna Farm?

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Question

How many wildlife species visit Zaytuna farm? Any endangered ones? Are any of these pests and if so- how is this dealt with?

Key Takeaways

Lots of wildlife visits Zaytuna Farm. Rare crayfish, water dragons, turtles, 15 varieties of rare and endangered frogs, 115 varieties of birds (up from 53 in first year), three or four rare/endangered plants, quite a few wallabies, a few rare bats, an overabundance of wood ducks…residents co-exist with many wild animals. Cats keep back rodents. Dogs keep back foxes. All in all, there aren’t many problems with the wildlife, native or non-native.

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