The Local - Mt VictoriaDo you want to help make Mt Victoria safe for native birds?
Field Operator Blake Acklin installing an automatic bait station in Mt Victoria (near the top of Majoribanks).
Predator Free Wellington is looking for households in Mt Victoria to host a trap or bait station, to catch rats and weasels.
“We already have hundreds of other homes, businesses, Clyde Quay school and St Gerard's Monastery on board, but we are looking for more,” says David Klein, PFW Communications Programme Lead.
The traps and bait stations are safe to use around children and pets.
“This is a free service and the Predator Free Team team will check the trap for you.”
The organisation is also working in the Mt Victoria town belt, Oriental Bay, Roseneath and Hataitai, after a successful phase 1 removing predators in the Miramar area.
The group has been improving their technique as they go.
“In the town belt we are trialling an automatic bait release system, which will mean the team needs to check the area less often -reducing labour and costs.”
So far phase 2 is going well, with Hataitai now down to its last few rats.
Unsurprisingly, the town belt is home to many rodents.
“The area of bush north of Palliser Rd has been very good rat habitat,” Klein says.
After working in Mt Victoria, PFW will push south towards Island Bay for the remaining suburbs of Phase 2.
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