ABC News: Mridula Amin. A radical plan to rid Lord Howe Island of a rat plague by aerial baiting has split the community with tourists warned against eating fish and plans to pour milk from the island… Rat-infested islands are launching massive campaigns to kill off the rodents, which have wreaked havoc on seabirds and other wildlife. A spokesperson for the Lord Howe Island board says the proposed rodent eradication program is aimed at eliminating invasive rats and mice from Lord Howe Island … Rats. A spokesperson for the Lord Howe Island board says the proposed rodent eradication program is aimed at eliminating invasive rats and mice from Lord Howe Island … Going ratting...Christo Haseldon, a ranger with the Lord Howe Island Board, and Sue Bower, a flora management officer, on top of Mount Gower. The decision was not taken lightly, it follows years of exhaustive research, environmental impact trials, human health assessments, economic cost and benefit analysis. The eradication of all rodents from the magnificent and World- Heritage-listed Lord Howe Island is currently planned for winter 2019. It's thought mice first appeared on Lord Howe Island around 1850, and the rats came later, after escaping from a sinking ship off the coast in 1918. Photo Islanders say Currawongs will eat "anything and everything". There are now some 1,000 rodents for each of tiny Lord Howe Island’s 350 residents. Photo The Lord Howe Island Woodhen population was once reduced to about 30. ABC News: Mridula Amin. More info. Problems with the rats led to an attempted ecological solution through the deliberate introduction of Tasmanian masked owls between 1922 and 1930 to the island, an action which compounded the disaster by adding another predator to the ecosystem. Going ratting...Christo Haseldon, a ranger with the Lord Howe Island Board, and Sue Bower, a flora management officer, on top of Mount Gower. For the very first time tonnes of rat poison will be dropped on the pristine Lord Howe Island to exterminate a plague of 360,000 rats, but the decision has deeply divided the community. Lord Howe Island to Go Ahead With Rodent Eradication Program The Lord Howe Island Board has made the decision to proceed to the implementation stage of the Lord Howe Island Rodent Eradication Project to eradicate invasive rats and mice from World Heritage listed Lord Howe Island. ... Lord Howe Island has often been cited as … Most inhabited islands around the world have rats, as does every major city, and some manage them better than others. Seven land bird species managed to survive the rats- The Emerald Ground Dove, Sacred Kingfisher, Buff Banded Landrail, two endemic species - the Woodhen and the Lord Howe Island White-eye; and two endemic subspecies - the Lord Howe Island Currawong and the But the controversial solution is pitting locals against each other. An historic decision has been made for Australia’s World Heritage-listed Lord Howe Island, they are going to get rid of the rats. Lord Howe Island is not unique in having rats and mice, but it does have a rare opportunity to solve the problem. last extinction was the Lord Howe Island Boobook Owl, last heard in the 1950's. Killing native birds and wildlife, ravaging crops and gardens, undermining the tourist trade. Most inhabited islands around the world have rats, as does every major city, and some manage them better than others. ABC News: Mridula Amin. 541 likes. Photo The Lord Howe Island Woodhen population was once reduced to about 30. A radical plan to rid Lord Howe Island of a rat plague by aerial baiting has split the community with tourists warned against eating fish and plans to pour milk from the island… Lord Howe Island Eradication Project >>

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