A Norway rat taking bait from a bait station on 170-hectare Breaksea Island off Fiordland in 1988. Baits were laid out in 743 stations made of plastic piping at 50-metre intervals and replenished daily. The aim was to exterminate the whole rat population in one intense effort leaving no opportunity for the rodents to recover or become bait-shy. The Breaksea campaign was the first of the successful rat eradications on larger islands.
ROD MORRIS
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Forest and Bird, Issue 279, 1 February 1996, Page 19
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74A Norway rat taking bait from a bait station on 170-hectare Breaksea Island off Fiordland in 1988. Baits were laid out in 743 stations made of plastic piping at 50-metre intervals and replenished daily. The aim was to exterminate the whole rat population in one intense effort leaving no opportunity for the rodents to recover or become bait-shy. The Breaksea campaign was the first of the successful rat eradications on larger islands. ROD MORRIS Forest and Bird, Issue 279, 1 February 1996, Page 19
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