Despite lurid journalism and impatience, Macquarie Island, Australia, has been restored after a long term effort to remove cats and rabbits. eg: 2001 Feral cats overrun Macquarie Island
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s357995.htm then politics intervened *2007 Politics adds to Macquarie Island’s pest problem* http://www.ecosmagazine.com/?act=view_file&file_id=EC136p20.pdf and then 2009 Rabbits devastate island wildlife http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7824153.stm "The scientists behind the research say conservation agencies must "learn lessons" from the episode." * * *but now* 2012 Macquarie Island is back in bloom http://www.ecosmagazine.com/paper/EC12283.htm -- Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit Botany University of Hawaii 3190 Maile Way Honolulu Hawaii 96822 USA 1-808-956-8218
