Amami Oshima Mongoose Elimination Progress "Nearly Eradication" Kagoshima September 5 12:58
At Amami Oshima in Kagoshima Prefecture, which aims to be registered as a World Natural Heritage Site, the number of mongooses attacking rare species is increasing and the number of inhabitants is decreasing. It was. The Ministry of the Environment states that Amami's mongoose is nearing eradication and will continue to take measures.
In Amami Oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, mongoose brought in for the purpose of extermination of the hub 40 years ago began to attack rare wild animals such as amami rabbits, and the country has been taking measures for about 20 years.
According to the Ministry of the Environment's Okinawa Amami Natural Environment Office, there were about 10,000 mongooses in Amami Oshima at the peak, but as a result of promoting measures using bait mixed with traps and drugs, It is thought that it decreased to 50 or less.
And with the decrease in the number of livestock, the number of mongoose to be captured has been decreasing year by year, and it has been newly found that this year, no one was captured in the last five months.
The Ministry of the Environment states that Amami's mongoose is close to eradication due to the decrease in the number of captured images and the frequency of images displayed on surveillance cameras.
The Okinawa Amami Nature Environment Office says, “There has never been a complete exclusion on an island with such a large area, and we want to make a model case.”