NPR reports
When it comes to invasive predators, New Zealand smells a rat — and a stoat, and a possum. But not for long. By 2050, the island nation hopes to be rid of the invasive mammalian predators — completely. It’s a goal that was formally announced Monday by New Zealand’s prime minister, John Key. “While once the greatest threat to our native wildlife was poaching and deforestation, it is now introduced predators,”
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