October 2, 2003

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  Contraceptive veg 'will stop possums reproducing'

  
  

  Genetically-engineered carrots and potatoes could soon be introduced into New Zealand to stop possums reproducing.

  
  

  Possums wreak havoc in New Zealand by damaging forests, preying on and competing with native birds for food and infecting cattle and deer with bovine tuberculosis.

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