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. 2011 May 11;6(5):e18835. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018835

Table 2. The Santiago and Isabela Island goat eradication campaigns during Project Isabela (2001–2006).

Santiago Isabela
Number of goats killed (% total): aerial hunting 12,192 (15%) 55,657 (89%)
Number of goats killed (% total): ground hunting 66,213 (83%) 2,637 (4%)
Number of goats killed (% total): Judas goat operations 1,174 (1%) 4,524 (7%)
Total number of goats killed (cost) 79,579 ($6.4 mm) 62,818 ($4.1 mm)
Duration (months) 64 24
Average $ per hectare $110 $9
Average $ per goat $81 $65

Figures do not include Judas goat operations on southern Isabela after March 2006.