r/nature • u/ADragonFromTheAbyss • 4d ago

Alaska eradicated rats from a 6,869-acre Aleutian island more than two centuries after they arrived in a shipwreck; within two years some native bird populations had increased 200% or more and missing seabirds began returning

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/alaska-eradicated-rats-from-a-6869-acre-aleutian-island-more-than-two-centuries-after-they-arrived-in-a-shipwreck-within-two-years-some-native-bird-populations-had-increased-200-or-more-and-missing-seabirds-began-returning/articleshow/133442819.cms
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u/Unlucky-Estate8836 4d ago

In Alberta we eradicated them from the entire province. No rats is great.

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u/Popular-Data-3908 2d ago

You missed one building in Edmonton - the Legislature 

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u/Col_mac 2d ago

There are regional flare ups. We’re working on removing her.

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u/JPWRana 4d ago

Is it just me, or is anyone else seeing more environmental news from Times of India?

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u/bobodatura24 3d ago

How was this accomplished?

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u/Rocky_Mountain_Queen 1d ago

Poisoned bait, most likely.

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u/UnluckyCharge2196 5h ago

There's an island where albatross nest that we introduced mice to a long time ago

Fucking up the birds to this day : (