http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-07/macquarie-island-declared-pest-free-after-eradication-program/5373336

The World Heritage-listed Macquarie Island has been declared free of pests after a near-seven-year campaign to eradicate it of rats, rabbits and mice.

Macquarie Island lies 1,500 kilometres south-east off Tasmania in the sub-Antarctic.

In 2007, the Australian and Tasmanian governments jointly funded a $25 million project to eradicate all rabbits, rats and mice from the 13,000-hectare island.

A baiting program was undertaken, before hunters and their dogs were brought in to eradicate any surviving animals.

A monitoring program since then has not detected any pests for the past two years and the eradication program has been declared a success.

dv said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-07/macquarie-island-declared-pest-free-after-eradication-program/5373336

The World Heritage-listed Macquarie Island has been declared free of pests after a near-seven-year campaign to eradicate it of rats, rabbits and mice.

Macquarie Island lies 1,500 kilometres south-east off Tasmania in the sub-Antarctic.

In 2007, the Australian and Tasmanian governments jointly funded a $25 million project to eradicate all rabbits, rats and mice from the 13,000-hectare island.

A baiting program was undertaken, before hunters and their dogs were brought in to eradicate any surviving animals.

A monitoring program since then has not detected any pests for the past two years and the eradication program has been declared a success.

Nice. I saw a tv story about the program implemented to eradicate the island of those introduced pests.

I also saw the issues that the wildlife faced without intervention.

great news!

:-)

dv said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-07/macquarie-island-declared-pest-free-after-eradication-program/5373336

The World Heritage-listed Macquarie Island has been declared free of pests after a near-seven-year campaign to eradicate it of rats, rabbits and mice.

Macquarie Island lies 1,500 kilometres south-east off Tasmania in the sub-Antarctic.

In 2007, the Australian and Tasmanian governments jointly funded a $25 million project to eradicate all rabbits, rats and mice from the 13,000-hectare island.

A baiting program was undertaken, before hunters and their dogs were brought in to eradicate any surviving animals.

A monitoring program since then has not detected any pests for the past two years and the eradication program has been declared a success.

Nice. I saw a tv story about the program implemented to eradicate the island of those introduced pests.

I also saw the issues that the wildlife faced without intervention.

great news!

:-)

dv said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-07/macquarie-island-declared-pest-free-after-eradication-program/5373336

The World Heritage-listed Macquarie Island has been declared free of pests after a near-seven-year campaign to eradicate it of rats, rabbits and mice.

Macquarie Island lies 1,500 kilometres south-east off Tasmania in the sub-Antarctic.

In 2007, the Australian and Tasmanian governments jointly funded a $25 million project to eradicate all rabbits, rats and mice from the 13,000-hectare island.

A baiting program was undertaken, before hunters and their dogs were brought in to eradicate any surviving animals.

A monitoring program since then has not detected any pests for the past two years and the eradication program has been declared a success.

Could something like that happen here lol

jjjust moi said:

Could something like that happen here lol

Not for a mere 25 megabucks, no.

Congratulations. Now please some attention for the Leadbeaters possum. Soon to go the way of the dodo.

That is good news :)

IMHO it’s not impossible to eradicate some problem species from the mainland. It seems like an insurmountable task given the area (Macquarie Island is 130 square km) and sheer number of pests out there, but with the right funding i.e. for research into biological controls similar to myxy and a bit of luck, it could still happen.

Warning: the following statement is anti-eco-Luddite.

The next stage is to move to Macquarie Island many of those cold-weather species that are most in danger of going extinct on mountain peaks around the world because of excessive warming or loss of rainfall.

> Now please some attention for the Leadbeaters possum. Soon to go the way of the dodo.

Introduce Leadbeaters possum to Tasmanian high country – ASAP if not sooner.

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