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.