One Frozen Rat
A
frozen rat is not the usual thing you would expect to see in Doctor Kevin’s medical
clinic deep freeze. Why exactly does he
have this rat neatly packaged and ready for transportation to New Zealand?
This is the famous Henderson Island rat,
subject of an expensive and time consuming eradication project. When the
National Geographic team was on Henderson Island they spotted this little
fellow peering out of the undergrowth.
Where there is one rat, there are usually more, so this news was greeted
with dismay. We had all hoped that the one concerted effort of the rat
eradication team in 2011 had been sufficient to rid Henderson Island of all the
pesky little vermin. Not so, some rats survived and still need to be
exterminated so that the natural bird life of Henderson can recover and
thrive.
Grant Harper, a specialist from
New Zealand arrived on the yacht ‘Xplore’ and then was joined by Pitcairn
Islanders Pawl Warren, Sue O’Keefe and Ariel Brown for a trip out to Henderson
to ascertain the degree of the problem. A sample rat was brought back and lucky
Doctor Kevin has the privilege of storing it for a few weeks. The medical
clinic is the only place that has 24 hour power to keep the medicines at the
correct temperature.
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