Rathlin Island Declared Ferret-Free After £4.5M Eradication Project
Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland has successfully eradicated predatory feral ferrets through a £4.5 million five-year project led by RSPB NI, involving over 400 traps and a detection dog named Woody, significantly boosting the island's seabird colony.
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How an island became ferret free - thanks, in part, to Woody the wonderdog
More than 400 traps were laid across the island in a £4.5m project which featured a specially-trained detection dog called Woody.
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Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland is ferret-free after £4.5m five-year partnership led by RSPB NI Predatory feral ferrets have been removed from an island for the first time ever, in a boost for Northern Ireland’s largest seabird colony. Rathlin Island is ferret-free after a £4.5m five-year partnership led by RSPB NI involving islanders, charities, volunteers and a red labrador called Woody. Continue reading...
By Patrick Barkham
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