Remove Xantus's murrelet
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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

This is quite a big deal for an island group that had no mammals save bats for millions of years. Take a project to remove rats from the Californian island of Anacapa (in the Channel Islands). The island was home to an important population of XantusMurrelet , but the population was suffering as a result of introduced rats.