This island plans to remove invasive rats and goats to save its native wildlife

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By Shreya DasguptaAug 1, 2016, 8:20 am116 pts
The remote Caribbean island of Redonda, part of Antigua and Barbuda, is home to numerous species of plants and animals found nowhere else on earth. It is also home to invasive black rats and non-native goats that are wiping out the island’s native, rare wildlife, conservationists say. To help the island's…

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