Rat eradication
THE RECENTLY formed Rotoroa Island section (see Branching Out in the last issue) has claimed victory in its war against Norway rats on the island. Staff and patients at the island’s Salvation Army Rehabilitation Centre took little over a month to virtually exterminate the rat population using 300 bait stations. The rats had been destroying vegetation and eating lizards and bird eggs. Now native parrots are being released into the predator-free environment and tree planting is underway.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 23, Issue 2, 1 May 1992, Page 11
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79Rat eradication Forest and Bird, Volume 23, Issue 2, 1 May 1992, Page 11
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