WATCH: Rats! Stadium goes indigenous

Native species will oust harmful aliens

SPORTS fans visiting Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium may think they smell a rat – and they would be completely right.

This is because the first vlei rat was released back into the area yesterday as conservation and pest control go hand in hand in a new project.

This comes after the stadium undertook to reintroduce indigenous rodents to the gardens around the World Cup structure.

The stadium, with the help of Wildline and the Urban Raptor Project, aims to reintroduce vlei rats and Karoo bush rats in a bid to rid the area of exotic rodents like house rats and brown rats.

-Riaan Marais