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Trapping in your backyard will help get rid of rats from your compost bin, save your roses and fruit trees from possums, and make your garden a safe place for native wildlife.

Backyards and neighbourhoods

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How to identify backyard predators

How to identify backyard predators

Get the neighbours involved

Get the neighbours involved

Rat proof your compost bin

Rat proof your compost bin

Start backyard trapping

Start backyard trapping

Make your garden safe for wildlife

Make your garden safe for wildlife

National map

Click our map to discover the extent of predator control being undertaken throughout the country.

Click our map to discover the extent of predator control being undertaken throughout the country.

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  • Get involved
    • Find a group
    • Backyards and neighbourhoods
      • How to identify backyard predators
      • Start backyard trapping
      • Make your garden safe for wildlife
      • Rat proof your compost bin
      • Get the neighbours involved
    • Farms, rural and bush
      • Know your target predators
      • Predator control on farms
      • Bush and large areas
      • Trap, bait and equipment tips
    • Kids and schools
    • Spread the word
  • Toolkits
    • Know your target predators
    • Group toolkit
      • Start a group
      • Management and communication
      • Fundraising
      • Funding and grants
      • Governance
      • Add your group to the national map
    • Trapping and baiting toolkit
      • To trap or bait?
      • Backyards and neighbourhoods
      • Farms
      • Lifestyle blocks
      • Bush and large areas
      • Trap, bait and equipment tips
    • Schools toolkit
      • Kids and schools
      • Lesson plans and activities
      • Help wildlife thrive at your school
      • Predator control guide for schools
      • Know your target predators
      • Field trips and courses
    • Is your predator control working?
  • Shop
  • Stories and research
    • Articles
    • Webinars
  • About us
    • Predator Free New Zealand Trust
      • Our mission
      • Activators Programme
      • Apprentice Programme
      • Predator Free Communities Funding
      • Our research
      • Our events
    • Predator Free 2050 vision
      • About Predator Free 2050
      • History of eradication
      • Fenced sanctuaries
      • Large predator control projects
    • National map
    • Contact us