This is “impossible”, but New Zealand is trying anyway.
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Tom Scott visits Predator Free Wellington to see how they are working to eradicate invasive predators from the Miramar Peninsula in New Zealand, concluding that while clearing a country of predators is a massive challenge, rapid progress makes it possible.
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Answers: How is New Zealand trying to become predator free?
- Invasive predator eradication
- Pest control in New Zealand
- Predator Free Wellington
- Conservation traps and monitoring
What it concludes
- Wellington has deployed about 5,800 traps and 6,800 bait stations across the Miramar Peninsula.
- Alberta in Canada is the only place outside the poles where there are no rats due to a government-backed control program.
- Animal life is recovering on the Miramar Peninsula as a result of predator eradication efforts.
- Pulling off a nationwide predator-free goal will require new scientific discoveries and ecosystem management.
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