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Drones unleashed against invasive rats in the Galapagos

Tiny copters deliver poisoned bait to islands where rodents threaten native birds and plants.
  1. Emma Marris
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A conservation group is using drones to eradicate invasive rats by dropping poison on two small islands in Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago — the first time such an approach has been used on vertebrates in the wild. The operation, which began on 12 January on North Seymour island in the Galapagos National Park, aims to protect native animals and plants from the destructive rodents.

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Nature 565, 543-544 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00176-z

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