In 2002, Lundy began its rat-eradication project; puffins later rose from 13 in 2000 to 1,335, and more than 40,000 seabirds now nest on the island
- Representative imageOff the coast of southwest England, the small island of Lundy was once a textbook case of how invasive rats can devastate seabird colonies.
- By the late 1990s, puffin numbers had crashed to just 13 breeding pairs, and many other seabirds had abandoned the island altogether.
- In 2002, conservationists launched an ambitious rat-eradication project to give the island’s wildlife a second chance.
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- Representative imageOff the coast of southwest England, the small island of Lundy was once a textbook case of how invasive rats can devastate seabird colonies.
- By the late 1990s, puffin numbers had crashed to just 13 breeding pairs, and many other seabirds had abandoned the island altogether.
- In 2002, conservationists launched an ambitious rat-eradication project to give the island’s wildlife a second chance.
Sources: Times of India