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New Zealand to wipe out every last rat (www.bbc.com)
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New Zealand plans to exterminate every last rat, mustelid and possum to save native birds. The government expects the task to be completed by 2050.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
  1. That’s the kind of goal that politicians love to set so they can blow a lot of hot air without ever having to worry about delivering.

Also rats aren’t our only introduced pest. Possums, cats, stoats, dogs, deer, pigs, goats and more. They’ll be harder to get rid of, especially with selfish idiots deliberately reintroducing them so they can keep hunting. Yes, it happens.