In 2007, black rats were eradicated from Italy’s Zannone island; by 2016, Scopoli’s shearwater breeding pairs had risen from 27 to 80
- On a Mediterranean island off Italy, a conservation project aimed at removing an invasive rodent produced a change that could be seen in the seabird colony.
- Zannone had been among the larger Italian islands targeted in the country’s expanding rat eradication programme.
- The work was part of a wider effort to remove black rats from islands where they posed a threat to native wildlife, particularly seabirds that nest in burrows.
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- On a Mediterranean island off Italy, a conservation project aimed at removing an invasive rodent produced a change that could be seen in the seabird colony.
- Zannone had been among the larger Italian islands targeted in the country’s expanding rat eradication programme.
- The work was part of a wider effort to remove black rats from islands where they posed a threat to native wildlife, particularly seabirds that nest in burrows.
Sources: Times of India