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World Heritage-listed Lord Howe Island wildlife flourishes after eradicating 300,000 rodents
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It has been 15 months since the last rodent was sighted on Lord Howe Island.
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The Lord Howe Island community is hailing an ecological renaissance after a $15 million eradication project to remove rodents from the World Heritage-listed island seems to be successful.
Key points:
The rat and mice infestation on the island had reached more than 300,000
The program is being credited for more than doubling the population of the endangered flightless Lord Howe woodhen
In 2019, rodent baits were distributed throughout Lord Howe Island to deal with an infestation of about 300,000 rats and mice, causing the extinction of some native species.