In the 1980s, ferrets were released on Northern Ireland’s Rathlin Island to control rabbits; decades later, they threatened seabirds at a colony of more than 250,000 birds
Ferrets were released on Rathlin Island in the mid-1980s, off the north coast of Northern Ireland, to deal with the island’s rabbit population | Wikimedia Commons Ferrets were released on Rathlin Island in the mid-1980s, off the north coast of Northern Ireland, to deal with the island’s rabbit population. The ferrets established a feral population…
