Dundee University in ‘Team Rat’ project success
A LEADING Scottish animal conservation expert has successfully led the latest phase in a £7.5 million scheme to wipe out the “countless millions” of rats and mice threatening one of the world’s most important seabird sanctuaries in the Southern Atlantic.
• An animal conservationist at Dundee University has successfully led the latest phase in a project to eradicate rodents from a seabird sanctuary
• South Georgia, a British outpost in the Southern Atlantic, is home to 31 bird species currently threatened by rats and mice