As we continue the fight against Rabies in Grenada, I decided to start a series showing my challenges and success in trapping mongooses around the island.

The Indian Mongoose was introduced into the Grenada and the rest of the then English colonies, back in colonial times, to control the rats and snakes that were in the cane fields.
Unfortunately, some of those that came to Grenada had the Rabies virus. The long term fallout of that is that the mongoose is the only known vector for the rabies virus on the island.

The mongoose is also a prolific hunter with no natural predator on the island, so they have decimated the local wildlife populations and continue to do so as their population increase.

We get contracted by private establishments to trap and humanely euthanise these mongooses at certain areas on the island where their population overlaps with human activity.

What are your views on Eradication of invasive species?
How do you control your invasive species in your part of the world?

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