World's largest rat poisoning project aims to rid South Georgia of its rodents

Eradication effort to protect the island's wildlife from millions of invasive rats, which will feed on the brains of live seabird chicks, starts in 2015Conservationists are undertaking a final push to wipe out millions of rats from South Georgia once and for all, in a bid to protect the island's wildlife.Described as the world's largest rodent eradication project, the UK-led effort will see three helicopters dropping 95 tonnes of the poison Brodifacoum on the British overseas territory next year. Continue reading...