Trap makes pest-free NZ a possibility

The Fiordland Conservation Trust and the Department of Conservation have wiped out a plague population of rats using Goodnature automatic resetting traps and ushered in a long-held dream milestone for New Zealand conservation – the prospect of large mainland island sanctuaries requiring no fences.

Project facts

Trapping area: 200 hectares
Number of Goodnature A24 traps: 467
Number of maintenance checks since October 2014: 6
Pre-trapping monitor rat detection levels: 72%
Post-trapping monitor rat detection levels within trapping area: 0%
Monitor rat detection levels outside trapping area: 70%


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