Hannah's speech on rats on Bluff Hill.

Rat traps should be set on Bluff Hill by Hannah.

Would    you   like   it  if  there  was   no  birds  chirping   when  you  go  for  a  walk ?  It   might  happen   because of rats.  Hello  my  name  is  Hannah.  I am   9  years  old  and  I  am  going to tell you  about why   rats   are   not   good  for  birdlife. 

        There are three types of rats Norway ship and kiore. Kiore are poor swimmers. If   you   aren’t   setting traps to catch  the   rats    the    number of   birdlife  will   go  down. If  this  happens   I   will   go  wild   because   when  I go  for a walk  I  would  not   be  able  to  listen   to birds  chirping. 

Ship rats are causing the most damage  to our wild life  and nature because they are good climbers so they can climb up to the highest nests in the trees.

DOC administers 230  islands off the coast on NZ.   15 of these islands have kiore, maori rats.  Rat traps on DOC administered islands   would    reduce   the rats by  only  four   percent . Doc, heath and regional authorities are involved in posing operations to ensure risk to humans the environment and non- target   species is minimized. 

Bluff  has   set  up   rat   traps  at  Bluff  Hill. Rats   have  a major  impact  on  New  Zealand  wild life   because  rats  eat  native    animals  and their  eggs.   If you aren’t   trapping rats  more, poor birds   and their eggs  will   suffer .

You can help by putting poisoning in your house and set rat traps somewhere safe outside. If we don’t do something one day birds will be extinct and  we need do something or else other people won’t  grow up listening to birds chirping  like us and chasing birds or watching them.

Rats are not good for bird life and nature. It is now winter so the rats are coming out and going into our houses so put up rat traps or poisoning in your house.. I do rat trapping with my grandad up Bluff Hill you too should do something to help the birds. Thanks for listening to my speech.