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By the National Parks Authority Most of the wildlife that we see daily and often take for granted are celebrated annually today. When we say wildlife, we are referring to the undomesticated native animals and plants of Antigua and Barbuda that were not introduced by humans. Think about all the…
Antigua and Barbuda, a once forested country, boasted unique species of parrots, owls, snakes, lizards and plants. In the 1700s as colonisers settled, they inadvertently brought invasive alien species with them: black and brown rats. These rats had no predators in Antigua and Barbuda and so their populations grew exponentially.…