710
Antigua. There, over 60 starving goats were helicoptered off the island, and more
than 6000 black rats were killed in an effort to help restore native species like burrowing owls, pygmy skinks, and a variety of lizards and seabirds.
17
The killing of the rats
involved placing bait stations everywhere, in the browned grasslands, and upon cliff
ledges, a technique developed during the past half-century throughout all of
New Zealand, including its sub-Antarctic islands. The most common bait,
Brodifacoum, is a poisonous anticoagulant that usually takes a week to kill its (mam17 See “Ravenous wild goats ruled this island for over a century. Now, it’s being reborn, by Michael
Hingston, January 2, 2020, National Geographic https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/01/raveous-wild-goats-ruled-this-island-for-over-a-century-being-reborn/. Accessed
January 8, 2020
Fig. 78.4 Meditation Deity Akshobhyavajra, from the Secret Assembly (Guhyasamaja) Tantra,
Bringing Together Five Buddha Families, Early 19
th Century, Nepal. (Private Collection). (Photo
© M.C. Tobias)
78 The Buddhist Obtuse and Its Ecological Correlates
Antigua. There, over 60 starving goats were helicoptered off the island, and more
than 6000 black rats were killed in an effort to help restore native species like burrowing owls, pygmy skinks, and a variety of lizards and seabirds.
17
The killing of the rats
involved placing bait stations everywhere, in the browned grasslands, and upon cliff
ledges, a technique developed during the past half-century throughout all of
New Zealand, including its sub-Antarctic islands. The most common bait,
Brodifacoum, is a poisonous anticoagulant that usually takes a week to kill its (mam17 See “Ravenous wild goats ruled this island for over a century. Now, it’s being reborn, by Michael
Hingston, January 2, 2020, National Geographic https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/01/raveous-wild-goats-ruled-this-island-for-over-a-century-being-reborn/. Accessed
January 8, 2020
Fig. 78.4 Meditation Deity Akshobhyavajra, from the Secret Assembly (Guhyasamaja) Tantra,
Bringing Together Five Buddha Families, Early 19
th Century, Nepal. (Private Collection). (Photo
© M.C. Tobias)
78 The Buddhist Obtuse and Its Ecological Correlates