Thanks to statists, rat plague puts NZ native species at risk

New Zealand's beech forests could become like a scene from The Pied Piper of Hamelin with a population explosion of ship rats predicted this year, a senior Department of Conservation ranger says.

Thanks to statists, rat plague puts NZ native species at risk 9736649

Thanks to statists, rat plague puts NZ native species at risk 9736649

The population boom has the potential to wipe out local populations of vulnerable species, including mohua, long-tailed bats and kakariki.

"You'll be able to come here and walk around and you'll see rats running across the road, you'll see rats running through the forest in broad daylight, let alone in the evenings," said Department of Conservation senior ranger Brad Edwards.

"Effectively they are going to cover the whole valley. They will chew the milking cups out of the dairy sheds, they will chew the electrics out of people's cars in their carports, they'll be trying to get into the houses and they will be doing all that and more in the bush."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/9736610/Rat-plague-puts-native-species-at-risk

Thanks to statists, rat plague puts NZ native species at risk

Thanks to statists, rat plague puts NZ native species at risk

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