New Zealand intends to wipe out rats by 2050

Their abilities to travel, multiply, and spread disease have always made rats one of mankind’s greatest pests.

New Zealand intends to wipe out rats by 2050

New Zealand says it’s time to wipe them out. Every last one of them.

Prime Minister John Key yesterday announced an ambitious plan to completely rid the South Pacific nation of rats and other nuisance animals, including possums and stoats, by the year 2050.

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