Posted By: Paul Winkelmann
Great DNR Management - 12/03/14 02:54 AM
The island of Hawaii was being over-run with rats so in an effort to solve the problem, they imported the mongoose. Unfortunately
the mongoose is diurnal and the rats are nocturnal. The two never met so Hawaii still has a major rat problem and now also a
mongoose problem. The mongoose is doing it's best to make as many native animals and birds extinct including the Nene, which the
native goose. I really can't criticize because we just finished one of the worst deer seasons in many years. In the northern part
of the state the the kill was down 32%. I was lucky enough to interview the leader of one of the wolf packs in that area and he
told me that their deer hunting was up 64% and told me to thank our DNR for bringing them to Wisconsin.
the mongoose is diurnal and the rats are nocturnal. The two never met so Hawaii still has a major rat problem and now also a
mongoose problem. The mongoose is doing it's best to make as many native animals and birds extinct including the Nene, which the
native goose. I really can't criticize because we just finished one of the worst deer seasons in many years. In the northern part
of the state the the kill was down 32%. I was lucky enough to interview the leader of one of the wolf packs in that area and he
told me that their deer hunting was up 64% and told me to thank our DNR for bringing them to Wisconsin.