In 2000, just 13 puffins remained on Lundy, a small island in England's Bristol Channel. After rats were eradicated in 2006 by an RSPB, National Trust, Natural England, and Landmark Trust partnership, the island now holds 1,335 puffins and over 40,000 seabirds total — the highest count since the 1930s.
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Ndege wa bahari wanarudi Lundy Island baada ya miaka 20 bila panya

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Mwaka 2000, ndege 13 tu wa aina ya puffin walisalia kwenye Lundy, kisiwa kidogo katika Ghuba ya Bristol, Uingereza. Baada ya kuangamizwa kwa panya mwaka 2006 kupitia ushirikiano wa RSPB, National Trust, Natural England na Landmark Trust, kisiwa hicho sasa kina puffin 1,335 na ndege wa bahari zaidi ya 40,000 kwa jumla — idadi kubwa zaidi tangu miaka ya 1930.

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