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Mandela museum of Robben Island facing Rabbit threat
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by Amitjha | October 15, 2008 at 09:02 pm
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Robben island museum of south africa, is very popular destination of tourist, where Mandela was jailed.The over population of rabbits is posing serious threat to islands whole ecosystem.
Authorities said on Tuesday the museum, popular with tourists wanting to see the former president's cell, would be temporarily closed while the rabbits were killed to protect plant life and historical buildings at the World Heritage site.
"The current population is so large that it threatens to permanently damage the island's sensitive vegetation, and poses a serious threat to other fauna species," Seelan Naidoo, the museum's acting chief executive said in a statement.
He said the exact number of rabbits was unknown.
The culling would be followed by a sterilization programme to sustain a small, manageable rabbit population. The island museum, located offshore from Cape Town, will be closed from November 1 to 16.
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Amitjha
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at 23:47 on October 15th, 2008
Amitjha, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 00:15 on October 16th, 2008
Thanks for your GS flag.
it is really very strange situation, some times it is very hard to keep the optimum population , recently there was a boom in rat population in indian state of mizoram and manipur , that event was related related to the bamboo flowering once in 12 yaer.