Picton wants to become New Zealand's first predator-free townSCOTT HAMMOND/FAIRFAX NZ Picton Dawn Chorus chairman James Wilson and volunteers are rolling out $18,000 worth of traps to help make Picton New Zealand's first predator-free town. If Picton became New Zealand's first predator-free town, it would have national and international significance, Hastie said. Trapping pests could restore the dawn chorus of native birds and put Picton on the map nationally as predator-free. A war waged on rats and stoats could make a Marlborough coastal community New Zealand's first predator-free town. Environmental group Picton Dawn Chorus has received financial backing from the Marlborough District Council to roll out nearly $18,000 worth of traps.

Source: Stuff June 16, 2016 04:56 UTC