Authorities in Guam are conducting air drops of dead mice to continue efforts to combat the invasive brown tree snake.
Brown tree snake in Guam Photo: By Pavel Kirillov from St.Petersburg, Russia - Brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis), CC BY-SA 2.0
The Marianas Variety reported that the bait airdrop was conducted by US military and Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services.
The system of dropping drug-laced dead mice had been part of a years-long campaign to reduce the presence of the invasive brown tree snake in Guam.
This pest is threatening Guam's native birds such as the sihek, or Guam Micronesian kingfisher; and ko'ko', or the Guam rail.