Science & Nature: No place like home Imported cats led to the decline of the booby (right) on Ascension Island. MICHAEL BROOKE reports on an ambitious plan to cull the alien species

The Independent - London | November 18, 2002| | Copyright

For the first time in living memory, young boobies, tropical gannet- like sea birds, are due to fledge from Ascension Island in the tropical Atlantic. The first flight, due this month, is good news for the global campaign to undo the damage caused when alien species are introduced to remote regions of the world where they do not naturally belong.

Worldwide the problem posed by alien species is huge, both economically and in terms of damage to native wildlife. It is estimated that it costs $100bn each year for the United States to deal with direct and indirect damage caused by the estimated ...

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