Rat Story

[Pete]

180 Million Rats Face 22 Tons of Poison on Galapagos

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/180-Million-Rats-Targeted-with-22-Tons-of-Poison-on-Galapagos-179468621.html

"Call it ratmageddon.

Ecuadorean authorities say the unique bird and reptile species that make the Galapagos Islands a treasure for scientists and tourists must be preserved — and that means the rats must die, hundreds of millions of them......................"

Do you want the blue pill?

[Badger52]

PETA needs to scale-up their TTPs. (http://www.peta.org/issues/wildlife/rats.aspx)

[Team Sergeant]

I have always liked the idea of killing all the rats......;)

[Richard]

Wasted opportunity - there are countries who could use all that protein to supplement their meager dietary offerings...

Richard :munchin

[Red Flag 1]

Glad to hear they had the foresight to trap the Hawks. Until today, I was ignorant enough to think there were no native snakes on the Galapagos Islands.

Wonder if they are venomous snakes? Also wonder if they considered isolating the serpents, no mention of that?

I know, I know.......I'll look it up. :lifter

RF 1

ps. The answer is : sorta venomous, http://www.galapagosexpeditions.com/islands/galapagos-snakes.php. :-).