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"The rats were relentless, said Hank Bower, who has lived on Lord Howe Island
for 15 years. At night, they would run up and down the trees, eat food, destroy
gardens, destroy the native environment and push animals to extinction. As if
to taunt those on the island, they would also leave paw prints in the sand in
the morning.
“We would distribute five tonnes of rat bait to the community every year to
keep numbers down and we couldn’t keep them at bay,” Bower, who is also the
manager of world heritage and environment with the Lord Howe Island Board said.
The rats had called the World Heritage-listed island their home since about
1918, and an estimated 210,000 plagued the island. House mice are thought to
have come to the island as early as 1860 and added to the ecological
difficulties. But three years ago, an eradication program was put in place. Now
the island’s ecosystem is thriving, with native animals and fruit making a
quick return."
Via Future Crunch May 16, 2022:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
