Poison bait and snipers make South Georgia a happier place

It's rare that good in the world comes in the form of poison bait and snipers, but the universe works in strange ways.

Here's hoping... from the South Georgia Heritage Trust website:

Island’s recovery starts NOW! ~ We’re underway. The South Georgia Heritage Trust’s yellow helicopter G-TVAM began the clearance of rats from South Georgia today, March 1st 2011, by dropping the first load of bait on the Greene Peninsula.

They state today that the baiting of the Greene Peninsula is about 40% complete. That's one step in a long and worthy road. To all you former Cheeseman travelers who have supported this worthy cause, we salute you.

South Georgia Habitat Restoration Newsletter

http://www.sght.org/sites/default/files/HR%20NewsletterMarch11.pdf

And the South Georgia Association newsletter reports that the government of South Georgia will concurrently remove the reindeer.

http://www.sgisland.gs/index.php/(h)South_Georgia_News_and_Events

I look forward to the 2020 Cheesemans' Ecology Safaris Antarctic voyage where we get to enjoy breeding bird colonies on the main island of South Georgia where previously rats and reindeer kept the birds away!