This island plans to remove invasive rats and goats to save its native wildlife

The Government of Antigua and Barbuda is initiating a purging plan to help with the islands recovery by removing all non-native goats and rats on the island.

The Redonda Restoration Program aims to capture and move all long-horned goats to Antigua, where the Department of Agriculture will care for them.

After the goats are relocated, the program will initiate eradication of the rats using a rodenticide bait, which will take an estimated 8 to 12 weeks.