新西兰向金宝岛空投鼠药成功灭鼠 |
http://www.sina.com.cn 2003/06/02 10:34 金羊网-新快报 |
An island located halfway between Antarctica and New Zealand was declared rat-free Monday, some 200 years after rats arrived there by sealing and whaling boats. Campbell Island had the largest population density of rats anywhere in the world, eradication project manager Andy Roberts said. They had reduced the island's shearwater seabird population to a handful“which will take hundreds of years to recover,”he said in a statement. Other unique birds like the flightless Campbell Island teal and the tiny Campbell Island snipe had only survived eradication because they were removed from the island by environmentalists. “After 200 years of rat occupation, Campbell is now a safe haven for the millions of seabirds that breed there,”New Zealand Environment Minister Chris Carter said in a statement. Tons of rat poison pellets were dumped on the uninhabited 27,900-acre island, 440 miles south of New Zealand, by helicopter two years ago to kill the Norway rat. |
新西兰向金宝岛空投鼠药成功灭鼠 |
位于新西兰与南极洲之间的金宝岛是世界上老鼠密度最大的地方,200年前,这些老鼠被来金宝岛捕海豹和捕鲸的船带到这里。自从老鼠在这里安家后,原先生活在这里的海鸥的数目就迅速减少,岛上的珍稀动物金宝野鸭和小型金宝鹬更被迫迁移。 新西兰环保局两年前开始用直升机向这个面积为2.79万英亩的小岛上投下数吨的鼠药,终于在两年时间里把岛上的挪威鼠悉数消灭。26日,新西兰政府终于宣布该岛灭鼠成功。(黄秀繁) |
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