acclimatisation
Noun
Meaning
adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)
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Rep. North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, 1954:21 Gamekeepers for the Nation, 1994, R.M. McDowell After 1923, no more genuinely wild birds were sighted until 1952, when a small population was found North-West of Wairoa in the Ruapapa Road area.
Rep. Otago Acclimatisation Society, 1948 but these releases did no good.
The Otago (Acclimatisation) Society imported more in 1948, Ann.
Though the birds would be self-sustaining in the wild if they were protected; it is tricky to guess what the effect of an annual population subsidy and hunting has on any of the original populations from the Acclimatisation Society releases.
However, once Europeans arrived, game animals were introduced by acclimatisation societies to provide New Zealanders with sport and a hunting resource.
Progress was very slow, partly because of problems with supplies and porters, and presumably also lack of fitness and acclimatisation.