Japanese island eradicates rabbit-killing mongoose
About 30 of the venom-resistant predators were released on Amami Oshima, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in the late 1970s to keep down the population of habu, a pit viper whose bite can be deadly to humans.
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This undated handout photo released to AFP by Japan's Ministry of the Environment on September 4, 2024 shows a mongoose captured by authorities in Japan. (Photo by Handout / Ministry of the Environment / AFP)
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Japan has wiped out all mongooses on a subtropical island, officials said, after the animals ignored the venomous snakes they were brought in to hunt and preyed on