在五年努力后, 野生从北爱尔兰的拉特林岛被消灭了. 这使得海鸟群和家禽养殖恢复. Feral ferrets eradicated from Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland, after a five-year effort, restoring seabird populations and poultry farming.

标志着全球首次从一个有人居住的岛屿完全清除了入侵性捕食者. A groundbreaking conservation project has successfully eradicated feral ferrets from Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland, marking the first time an invasive predator has been fully removed from an inhabited island worldwide. 五年来, 北爱尔兰国家公众安全局 (RSPB) 主导的行动得到多个机构的资助. 他们使用陷,无人机,摄像头和一只名为伍迪的侦察犬消灭小黑猩猩, 这些动物破坏了海鸟群落, 包括白和曼克斯水母, 并损害当地家禽. The five-year effort, led by RSPB Northern Ireland and funded by multiple agencies, used traps, drones, cameras, and a detection dog named Woody to eliminate the ferrets, which had devastated seabird populations, including puffins and Manx shearwaters, and damaged local poultry. 自2023年10月以来,没有发现鱼,早期迹象显示海鸟繁殖增加,养恢复,并希望未来消除老鼠. No ferrets have been detected since October 2023, and early signs show increased seabird breeding, restored chicken-raising, and hope for future rat eradication. 通过这一成功, 我们可以在全球范围内打击入侵物种. The success offers a model for combating invasive species globally.