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Article: Disaster in St Kilda? I smell a rat; Rodent menace: If rats land on St Kilda, the whole bird population will be put at risk.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- February 7, 2008
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Byline: John MacLeod
THE nation's eyes are once again on St Kilda, that magnificent placesome 45 miles west of Harris in the Western Isles. The National Trust forScotland is in open panic, the RSPB is profoundly concerned, while EnvironmentMinister Mike Russell closely monitors the situation as an agent is sent in ona lone and lethal mission.
Has an Al Quaeda cell been established? The archipelago annexed by the Republicof Ireland? Or - whisper it - has word reached Edinburgh that people arebreaking the smoking ban inside the island's only hostelry, the Puff Inn? No,it is rather that the might of Scottish governance has smelled a rat, althoughhow many ...