WELLINGTON, New Zealand – New Zealand has set itself an environmental goal so ambitious it's been compared to putting a man on the moon: ridding the entire nation of every last rat, opossum and stoat.

Currently the Department of Conservation (DOC) is increasingly carrying out aerial 1080 poison drops over large areas of public land, particularly on the West Coast. Some persons, knowledgeable of ...

New Zealand turns to traps and technology in an ambitious program to rid the country of furry predators threatening native birds and industry. Photo: AP and iStock ...

An ambitious project is clearing predators from more than 100,000 hectares of South Westland wilderness, farmland and townships. Predator Free South Westland project aims to eliminate every possum, ...