Raptors guard soccer stadium

世界杯球場引猛禽趕鼠

A South African World Cup stadium has turned to raptors, instead of poisons, to chase out rogue pigeons and rats. The new 46000-seat stadium in coastal Port Elizabeth has several bird and bat boxes under the outer eaves of its petal-shaped roof to draw aerial hunters. The strategy was designed as a harmonious system: The wild raptors hunt and chase away feral pigeons, eliminating the slovenly birds' nests and droppings which attract rats.

據法新社29日報道，南非一座世界杯球場放棄用毒藥而準備用猛禽驅趕球場上的搗蛋的鴿子和老鼠。據報道，這座位于南非伊麗莎白港，能容納4.6萬人的新球場在花瓣型的頂部外沿布置了鳥箱和蝙蝠箱，以吸引空中的獵食者。這種設計策略是一個和諧的系統。野生猛禽獵獲和驅趕野鴿子，使野鴿子不能在場館頂部安窩和排泄，從而也不會再有被鴿子的排泄物吸引而來的老鼠。

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