Nation aims to become rat free
By Agencies in Wellington | China Daily | Updated: 2016-07-26 07:53
Their abilities to travel, multiply and spread disease have always made rats one of mankind's greatest pests.
New Zealand says it's time to wipe them out. Every last one of them.
Prime Minister John Key on Monday announced an ambitious plan to completely rid the South Pacific nation of rats and some other nuisance animals, including possums and stoats, by the year 2050.
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