Another Rat-free Island?
SOMES ISLAND, a quarantine station situated in the middle of Wellington Harbour, may now be rat-free. Recently a Department of Conservation rat eradication expert visited the island to assess the succes0000000 or failure of recent trapping. He placed rat traps in areas where rats could be expected to be found, but caught nothing. Although bait has been taken from bait stations, it appears the culprits may be birds. Forest and Bird Lower Hutt branch members have been active in the rat eradication work alongside the Department of Conservation and MAF island staff: The branch has also spearheaded the revegetation of the island since 1981.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 21, Issue 3, 1 August 1990, Page 7
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107Another Rat-free Island? Forest and Bird, Volume 21, Issue 3, 1 August 1990, Page 7
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