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Showing posts with label Rats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rats. Show all posts

Tuesday, 3 March 2020

Hamlin Hills Trip!


On Friday both intermediate classes had our first field trip for this year. The trip was related to our topic for this term which is PESTS! On the day of our trip we had a small lesson from our tour guide Frazier explaining what we were going to see on the trip and what we need to look for.  


Nobody really knew where Hamlin Hill was but turns out most of us drive past it almost every time we go to Sylvia Park! During the trip Limiteti (one of the students) had a close encounter with a rat that nearly gave her a heart attack! Not only was there a rat moving around in the forest but there was a dead mouse in one of the traps that Frazier had mentioned!


As we were hiking up the mountain we started seeing more traps and ribbons that Frazier said we were going to see. The ribbons were different colours, so that means different codes such as Pink for Pests and Blue for Clues. 

Tuesday, 12 November 2019

Rats Wash Up On Westport Beaches!

In totally around 600 rats have been recovered with experts concerned that more may follow.
Some of the rats have been sent for testing as the Department of Conservation to find out why it happened. 
Some people believe the rats could have washed out of the hills by heavy rain after a 1080 poison operation 140km away. However, most experts are ruling this out.
Locals are being warned to keep their dogs off the beaches.