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The birds of South Georgia are finally safe from marauding rats

The birds of South Georgia are finally safe from marauding rats

8 May 2018

Invasive rats have cut a swathe through the birds living on the island of South Georgia, but a decade-long project has now eradicated every last rat
Almost 1500 bird species face extinction and we're to blame

Almost 1500 bird species face extinction and we're to blame

24 April 2018

One-eighth of the world’s 11,000 bird species are now threatened, and in most cases farming is the biggest threat thanks to our increasingly meat-rich diets

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