Thread: Plagues of Rats and Mice

More rats on Stewart Island than I have ever seen anywhere. Would have seen over 500 easily last week while we were there. If you sat in the bush for longer than 10 minutes you could guarantee at least one would walk past. Next time I think I'll take a slug gun and go rat hunting instead of deer hunting! A local lady has killed several thousand around Oban thru spring. Theoretically, rats have been there hundreds of years? We watched the rats eating insects on the beach, moss and looking for bugs under sticks. Interesting watching them searching for food.
Funnily enough we saw hundreds of native birds, including many many young ones. And a huge range of species, I counted over 11 different species of native bird in one evening sitting on a beach waiting for deer. We also saw a few cats (fat ones) and possums.
I was told Doc are planning aerial Brodi for the Island, not 100% if that's going ahead or not? Might be a bit silly considering Brodi killed some Kaka at the wildlife refuge in Dunedin last week...