Navy says rodent population down after rains last winter led to spike in numbers
Sailors on San Clemente Island, home to a Navy air field and the service’s only ship-to-shore live firing range, are fending off a booming mouse population that has found its way into island work and living spaces, a Navy official said.
This photo, sent to the Union-Tribune via an anonymous tip, purports to show one day’s worth of mice caught in glue traps on San Clemente Island. The Navy could not confirm whether the photo was taken on the island.Though the Navy did not confirm the account of mice running across sleeping sailors or that the photo was taken on the island, a spokeswoman said in a statement that winter rains led to more mice this year and that public works on the island were treating spaces for the rodents.
It’s also home to 130 to 300 Navy personnel, a population that fluctuates depending on the Navy’s mission, Haase said. It can increase to 2,000 people at times.“We ... pride ourselves on being excellent stewards of the island ecosystem,” Haase said. “As such, we are sensitive to treatments of mice. We limit poison, as mice are the primary food source for the island fox and various birds we are protecting.
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