Oh cool, I’m restoring a model of this island right now
“The fox population swiftly recovered once the pigs were eliminated, and the fox was removed from Endangered Species Act protections in 2016, the fastest a mammal has ever been delisted.”
This is what happens when we face and accept the uncomfortable truth of having to kill an invasive species to save a native one. It works. It has a history of working and will continue to work. Nature bounces right back if you give it a helping hand.
If anyone cares, the picture shows Santa Rosa Island, not Santa Cruz Island.
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Oh cool, I’m restoring a model of this island right now
“The fox population swiftly recovered once the pigs were eliminated, and the fox was removed from Endangered Species Act protections in 2016, the fastest a mammal has ever been delisted.”
This is what happens when we face and accept the uncomfortable truth of having to kill an invasive species to save a native one. It works. It has a history of working and will continue to work. Nature bounces right back if you give it a helping hand.
If anyone cares, the picture shows Santa Rosa Island, not Santa Cruz Island.
Or 100,000lbs of wild bacon harvested