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New Zealand’s Apollo program Wiping out rats? The Apollo program? I know it's a small country, but wiping out rodents is both hopelessly petty and hopelessly

• lackstein 12y ago
  Wiping out rats is possible. While not exactly the same situation, the Canadian province of Alberta is rat-free due to an aggressive program to prevent and contain infestations [0]. [0] http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex3441 http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agd...
  • soperj 12y ago
    they've also done it on several islands in haida gwaii(queen charlotte islands) in BC.
  • Semiapies 12y ago
    Alberta is not a very welcoming environment to the human-dependent Norway rats that article talks in the first place. It's a huge, empty area that, for those rats, is a barren wasteland with a few tiny oases of human population - and the Albertans still have to constantly clean out new infestations. New Zealand is vastly more welcoming to the invasive species it has. In a decade or three, they'll call it "good enough" on the mainland islands and spend a great deal of effort in perpetuity to keep pest levels under a modicum of control.