03-18-2016, 12:06 PM
Rats have been eradicated from other islands and the end result was restoration of the ecosystem, which was the point to begin with. I'm sure some non-target species were harmed in the interim but the white coats successfully argued that the ends justified the means and in those cases they were right.
I've never heard of rats (or mongoose) being eradicated from an island as big as ours, though admittedly I haven't researched it. Considering the results of my extensive efforts on our farm, eradicating rats on the BI sounds like a moon shot. And I'm left to wonder what they plan to do with the African snail population explosion that is going to happen as soon as the mongoose and rats are eradicated? Bring them back? On our farm we have to stop poisoning the rats periodically or else the African snail population gets out of control, and they cause more damage than the rats do.
"There was an old lady who swallowed a cow.
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat...
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog...
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old lady who swallowed a horse -
She's dead, of course."
I've never heard of rats (or mongoose) being eradicated from an island as big as ours, though admittedly I haven't researched it. Considering the results of my extensive efforts on our farm, eradicating rats on the BI sounds like a moon shot. And I'm left to wonder what they plan to do with the African snail population explosion that is going to happen as soon as the mongoose and rats are eradicated? Bring them back? On our farm we have to stop poisoning the rats periodically or else the African snail population gets out of control, and they cause more damage than the rats do.
"There was an old lady who swallowed a cow.
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat...
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog...
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old lady who swallowed a horse -
She's dead, of course."