Thread: Tell 'em they're dreaming . . . Govt announces new policy, predator free by 2050

The Government's announced an ambitious target to make New Zealand predator-free by 2050.
Prime Minister John Key made the announcement at Wellington's ecosantuary Zealandia on Monday afternoon.
He says the introduces pets such as stoats, rats and possums cost the economy and primary sector around $3.3 billion a year.
"Rats, possums and stoats kill 25 million of our native birds every year, and prey on other native species such as lizards, and along with the rest of our environment, we must do more to protect them," Mr Key says.
The Government will invest $28 million in a joint-venture company called Predator Free New Zealand in a public-private partnership.
The money is on top of the $60 to $80 million already put into pest control by the Government each year, as well as local government and the private sector.


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I wonder how many countries in the world are rat free ?