Thread: Goodbye possums, rats and stoats

Originally Posted by stretch

I think they're dreaming if they're planning on using chemical agents.

The only way I can see this working is if they use some sort of biological method.

Boffins overseas have genetically modified Mosquitos so that all the offspring are male.

I'm no biologist, but I wonder if a similar thing can be done to rodents/marsupials through gene editing.

From what Im reading that is one of the objectives, to create a new scientifically developed method of animal control. I too hope to see a biological form of control rather than a chemical one.