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Re:Sea snakes are washing up on New Zealand’s shores by pvaldes on Monday August 16, 2021 @03:35AM (#28195793)
The solution is to promote the use of marsupial cats as pets. Everybody wins.

Pet lovers have a pet. Endangered species of marsupial cats increase its population and native preys face the predators that coevolved with them so is a more fair situation.

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Re:Sea snakes are washing up on New Zealand’s shores by petre on Monday August 16, 2021 @05:05AM (#28196215)
Quolls? Aren't they endangered? How could one promote an endangered marsupial as a pet wihout trafficking endangered species and breaking the law?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDJe9e8oTbA

I was willing to suggest this but most of the native species are wild animals so not very useful as pets? There's a discussion about the Tasmanian Devil.

https://weareexplorers.co/pet-tassie-devils-next-big-step-co...

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Re:Sea snakes are washing up on New Zealand’s shores by 2muchcoffeeman on Monday August 16, 2021 @11:04AM (#28198939)
The point would be to domesticate and breed them to help save the species.
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