Survivors or intruders? Rats found on Lord Howe Island despite 22,000 traps and 40 tonnes of bait
by Royce Kurmelovs from Environment | The Guardian on (#5R4S7)
About 100 rats have been discovered since a $17m eradication program on the world heritage-listed island but experts say all is not lost
Despite the deployment of 22,000 lockable traps and more than 40 tonnes of poison dropped via helicopters, nearly 100 rats have been discovered on Lord Howe Island since April - but experts are still hopeful the $17m eradication program has been a success.
The last rat seen on the island was supposed to have been flushed out by a detection dog in 2019 but the latest mop-up effort marks a significant test for the sometimes controversial program on the remote, world-heritage listed island 700km north-east of Sydney.
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