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The Largest Rat Eradication Ever Attempted, and It Worked

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Sealers left rats on South Georgia two centuries ago and they ate the chicks of birds that nest nowhere else. Clearing them took three helicopters, six years and three dogs walking a thousand miles.

108.7khectaresArea cleared of rodents
8timesLarger than any previous rodent eradication
1,504milesMiles covered by the three sniffer dogs in the final search
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