Sentences with phrase «fed black rats»

A U.S. magistrate has found a Santa Barbara environmental activist not guilty of violating federal law two years ago, when he allegedly fed black rats on Anacapa Island vitamin pellets to counteract poison that park rangers dropped from helicopters to exterminate the rodents.

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The military imported many other species as well, including the common black rat, Rattus rattus, a large tree - dwelling rodent whose blood fed many of the mosquitoes.
The National Park Service began poisoning black rats last year to prevent the rodents from feeding on the eggs of endangered seabirds.
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