Inhabited island eradicates its entire invasive ferret population to save over 250,000 seabirds

Since the removal of the invasive species, a native seabird, the Manx shearwater, has returned to breeding on Rathlin Island ...

How an island became ferret free - thanks, in part, to Woody the wonderdog

More than 400 traps were laid across the island in a £4.5m project which featured a specially-trained detection dog called ...

Predatory feral ferrets removed from an island for the first time ever

Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland is ferret-free after £4.5m five-year partnership led by RSPB NI ...