Galapagos Islands Plans To Kill 180 Mmillion Rats To Protect Endangered...
Posted: November 15, 2012 Ecuadorian authorities announced plans to kill 180 million rats that are threatening the endangered species of birds and reptiles that inhabit the treasured nature preserve...
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Advertisement Galapagos Islands authorities will begin using a helicopter to drop nearly 22 tons of specially designed rat poison today in an attempt to wipe out an invasion of more than 180 million...
View ArticleRat Massacre: Galapagos Islands To Kill Millions
Tweet Ecuador is preparing to massacre more than 180 million rats as it seeks to eradicate them from the Galapagos Islands. A helicopter will drop nearly 22 tons of specially designed poisonous bait...
View ArticleGalapagos Islands steps up extermination of 180 million rats
A project to eradicate 180 million rats from the Galapagos Islands by air dropping poison bait is gathering pace. The invasive Norway and black rats were introduced by whalers and buccaneers at the...
View ArticleEcuador drops poison on Galapagos Islands in attempt to eradicate rats
Nearly 22 tonnes of poisoned bait are to be dropped on islands to kill rats that threaten bird and reptile species A helicopter practises carrying a container that will hold poisonous bait to kill...
View ArticleMillions of rats to be killed in Galapagos Islands
The unique bird and reptile species that make the Galapagos Islands a treasure for scientists and tourists must be preserved, Ecuadorean authorities say - and that means the rats must die, hundreds of...
View ArticleGalapagos to poison millions of rats
The unique bird and reptile species that make the Galapagos Islands a treasure for scientists and tourists must be preserved, Ecuadorean authorities say — and that means the rats must die, hundreds of...
View Article180 Million Rats Must Die Today To Save The Galapagos Islands
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The unique bird and reptile species that make the Galapagos Islands a treasure for scientists and tourists must be preserved, Chilean authorities say — and that means the rats...
View Article180 Million Rats Face 22 Tons of Poison on Galapagos
Call it ratmageddon. Ecuadorean authorities say the unique bird and reptile species that make the Galapagos Islands a treasure for scientists and tourists must be preserved — and that means the rats...
View Article>Corrective: Galapagos-Rat Kill story
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A Nov. 14 story about a rat eradication in the Galapagos Islands incorrectly stated that the Nature Conservancy is involved in the program. It is not. A corrected version of the...
View ArticleGalapagos rat eradication project expands, targeting 180 million rodents on...
QUITO, Ecuador - The unique bird and reptile species that make the Galapagos Islands a treasure for scientists and tourists must be preserved, Ecuadorean authorities say — and that means the rats must...
View ArticleRat kill in Galapagos Islands targets 180 million 1/4t
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) -- The unique bird and reptile species that make the Galapagos Islands a treasure for scientists and tourists must be preserved, Ecuadorean authorities say - and that means the...
View Article>Rat kill in Galapagos Islands targets 180 million
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The unique bird and reptile species that make the Galapagos Islands a treasure for scientists and tourists must be preserved, Ecuadorean authorities say — and that means the rats...
View ArticleRat kill in Galapagos Islands targets 180 million
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The unique bird and reptile species that make the Galapagos Islands a treasure for scientists and tourists must be preserved, Ecuadorean authorities say — and that means the rats...
View ArticleRidding Galapagos of rats to preserve its famed tortoises
Rats, which are not native to the Pacific island chain, have decimated the tortoise population and threaten to wipe it out altogether. "They destroy the eggs and kill the young of the species,...
View ArticleHawks Locked Up As Galapagos Rats Poisoned
Wildlife officials at Galapagos National Park have rounded up 30 hawks on Pinzón Island for safekeeping while the island is carpeted with poisonous bait pellets designed to eradicate invasive rats....
View Article180 Million Rats Targeted For Extinction In The Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos Islands are considered by many to be one of the top travel destinations in the entire world. Located 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean, the islands are famous for...
View ArticleHawks locked up for protection before Galapagos rats poisoned
Wildlife officials at Galapagos National Park have rounded up 30 hawks on Pinzón Island for safekeeping while the island is carpeted with poisonous bait pellets designed to eradicate invasive rats....
View ArticleOperation Rat Kill: 22 Tons of Poison to Kill 180 Million Rats on Galapagos...
/CC BY-SA 3.0 Death from Above The Galapagos Islands are a world treasure of biodiversity, and have a huge historical and scientific importance as Charles Darwin's inspiration for his work on...
View ArticleGalapagos Islands Plan To Kill 180 Million Rats To Protect Endangered Species
Posted: November 15, 2012 Ecuadorian authorities announced plans to kill 180 million rats that are threatening the endangered species of birds and reptiles that inhabit the treasured nature preserve...
View ArticleOh rats, why are the tortoises gone?
Isla Pinzon - Efforts are underway to save the famed giant tortoises of the Galapagos Islands by wiping out the rodents that prey on their eggs and hatchlings, environmentalists said. Rats, which are...
View ArticleU of M Raptor Center returns to the Galapagos Islands to support efforts to...
News Summary The University of Minnesota Raptor Center is headed to the Galapagos island of Pinzón next week to help make the island safe once again for the Pinzón Giant Tortoise-an animal currently...
View ArticleCorrective: Galapagos-Rat Kill story
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A Nov. 14 story about a rat eradication in the Galapagos Islands incorrectly stated that the Nature Conservancy is involved in the program. It is not. A corrected version of the...
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