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Chicken coup for rat-busting island

A ban on chickens to allow the removal of rats on a remote Scottish island is to be lifted, it was announced.

Chickens were removed from Canna three years ago while its owner, the National Trust for Scotland, attempted to rid the Hebridean island of its rat population.

With the project drawing to a successful conclusion, the trust is helping the islanders prepare for the return of poultry by providing new coops.

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