Posted by: Sandy Steinman | July 6, 2022

New Zealand to embark on world’s largest feral predator eradication

The Guardian reports

New Zealand conservationists are embarking on the largest attempt ever made to eradicate introduced predators from an inhabited island.

Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, a crown research institute, has signed a $2.8m partnership with Rakiura/Stewart Island’s conservation group, Predator Free Rakiura, to eradicate predators including possums, rats, feral cats and hedgehogs over the next four years.

Read on www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/07/new-zealand-to-embark-on-worlds-largest-feral-predator-eradication


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