Predator Free Mystery Creek community co-ordinator Karen Barlow explains the finer details of baiting traps for possums near a gully next to Hamilton Airport. Hamilton Airport staff were granted some time with Barlow to learn how to trap rats and possums. In the morning, the group constructed 79 rat trap boxes at the Mystery Creek Events Centre, which neighbours the airport. Tom Lee/Stuff In total, Hamilton Airport staff helped make 79 rat trap boxes to set around the gully. SUPPLIED Hamilton Airport staff Michelle Hayes and Scott Kendall with Harriet Beattie (back), from Hamilton & Waikato Tourism, helping to build some rat trap boxes.

Source: Stuff April 18, 2021 01:52 UTC