Anyway the outcome of the debate down here is a partial cull of the rat, this hopefully will allow the Puffins to recover.
My personal opinion is that because the
Black Rat was introduced primarily by man (latter day smugglers) that they should be controlled to allow the Puffin to regenerate. Lundy is known as Puffin Island.
However conservation is a strange thing when an animal can be judged by its looks, or if it's disliked.
Thought provoking innit??
