Predator Free 2050

Caption: Kayla shows her success at catching 2 stoats while part of the Forest Bridge Trust's CatchIT Schools programme Credit: Hayley Sutton

A Victoria University of Wellington research project has been awarded more than $360,000 to develop more effective lures to manage rats, one of New Zealand's, and the world's, most damaging mammal pests. Credit: Michael Jackson (post-doctoral research fellow at VUW)

Credit: Michael Jackson (post-doctoral research fellow at VUW)

Credit: Michael Jackson (post-doctoral research fellow at VUW)

Caption: Dylan , one of the active trappers in The Forest Bridge Trust's "CatchIT Schools" programme - success - a weasel! Credit: Steve Hunt

Rural landowners learning about how to control animal pests at a Forest Bridge Trust workshop. Credit: The Forest Bridge Trust