New Zealand's mouse eradication on Antipodes Island doubles native bird populations
New Zealand launched an operation in 2016 to eliminate an estimated 200,000 mice from Antipodes Island, a remote nature reserve. Monitoring efforts confirmed the island was completely mouse-free by 2018. Over the following six years, wildlife surveys tracked the recovery of native species on the island. Populations of the Antipodes Island pipit and snipe both more than doubled following the eradication, demonstrating a significant ecological rebound.
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