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=== Introduced predators === Introduced mammalian predators present the greatest terrestrial risk to little penguins and include cats, dogs, rats, and particularly ferrets and [[stoats]].<ref name="pengsent"/><ref name="penguins-cl"/> Significant dog attacks have been recorded at the colony at Little Kaiteriteri Beach,<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Carson |first=Jonathan |date=3 September 2014 |title=DOC devastated by death of penguins |newspaper=[[The Nelson Mail]] |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/10455400/DOC-devastated-by-death-of-penguins |access-date=4 September 2014}}</ref> and a suspected [[stoat]] or [[ferret]] attack at Doctor's Point near [[Dunedin]], New Zealand, claimed the lives of 29 little blue penguins in November 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mead |first=Thomas |date=5 November 2014 |title=Stoat suspected in Little blue penguin massacre |publisher=3 News |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/stoat-suspected-in-little-blue-penguin-massacre-2014110517 |url-status=dead |access-date=11 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111032429/http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/stoat-suspected-in-little-blue-penguin-massacre-2014110517 |archive-date=11 November 2014}}</ref>
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