Comments on: Poison Campaign Kills the Invasive Rats of Rat Island, but Kills Eagles Too

By: anders holmberg

anders holmberg — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:54:42 +0000

If 41 dead eagles were found, for sure more most have died… All cannot/will not be found. Any study on that?

By: Urqel Finklestein

Urqel Finklestein — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:13:35 +0000

The Fish and Wildlife Service killed 41 bald eagles, 186 glaucous-winged gulls and I’m sure a lot of other stuff besides maybe the rats – all on one island, at a cost of millions of dollars to save birds?

Something definitely stinks about that one. It is simply wrong.

Someone is lining their pockets.

Why this particular island? and why not do it without killing birds, if the birds truly need to be saved?

does no one do real journalism anymore?

By: Sally

Sally — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:35:58 +0000

They are cautiously optimistic, but the island it big… that’s the point, I’m not so optimistic that they have eradicated the rodents.

By: Romeo Vitelli

Romeo Vitelli — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:33:16 +0000

So are they changing the name to Bird Island, now?

By: kate sisco

kate sisco — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:33:08 +0000

Makes me recall the trial by the Aussies to determine how long it would take to kill rats on a deserted island. They equipped it with a tracking device and months later it was still alive and then nothing; they discovered the tracking device and discovered also a rat swimming to the next closest island.
What are the chances they eliminated the rat population……nil.

By: Patimus

Patimus — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:52:31 +0000

I wonder how many dead rats are in NYC?

By: QUASAR

QUASAR — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:41:39 +0000

Blaeh, that has got to stink!