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It's well-known that Aotearoa New Zealand's native ecosystems are under threat from introduced pest predators such as rats, cats, possums and stoats. Trapping efforts, such as those undertaken by ...
A community group is reporting the city's lowest rat numbers yet, since began monitoring began seven years ago.
Welcome to the rat trapper’s dilemma. “Tombstone” rat traps, an early 19th-century design from the collection of Shawn Woods, who hosts a YouTube channel called “Mousetrap Monday.” “I ...
New Zealand wants to kill millions of invasive predators to save these fragile birds It’s been called “the most ambitious conservation project attempted anywhere in the world”—will it ...
Anticoagulant rat poisons, known as SGARs, not only avoid addressing the root cause of rodent infestations, they’re also toxic to nature’s best rat predators, animal advocates say.
Coyotes are widely abundant, endlessly adaptable, and extremely clever. Here's our ultimate guide on how to trap coyotes.
Rat Repellers vs. Rat Traps Not only are natural alternatives to repelling rats healthier, they’re also more humane. According to Kari Warberg Block, founder and CEO at EarthKind, “Rodent ...
Predator-Free Miramar aims to protect birds in this area of Wellington, New Zealand's capital, by ridding it of rats - every last one of them.
Predator Free Mystery Creek community co-ordinator Karen Barlow explains the finer details of baiting traps for possums near a gully next to Hamilton Airport.Tom Lee / Stuff It’s important to ...
Rats might love this raspberry white chocolate cake, but they're just as likely to chase cheap peanut butter Robyn Ellis from Predator Free Taupo says.ROBERT STEVEN / STUFF Rats in Taupō are ...
Last year the group distributed traps to schoolchildren and gave out prizes for the most rats caught, the biggest rat, the one with the biggest teeth and the furriest coat.