Skies above remote parts of the nation's back country will host new technology designed to drop baits in the path of rats, stoats and possumsA large rat scampers across a shady forest floor in search of its latest meal of Kiwi chicks, one of New Zealand's endangered native birds. But the rodent is in the sights of another predator - a mammoth drone carrying hundreds of kilograms of deadly poison.This scene could soon be playing out across New Zealand's most rugged wilderness as the Department of Conservation (DoC) considers a new high-tech strategy to halt the country's biodiversity crisis. Continue reading...
Poison-laden drones to patrol New Zealand wilderness on the hunt for invasive pests
14. března 2020 2:30
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Zdroj: The Guardian