150606-N-HP195-777 (June 6, 2015) SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. - Navy biologists and natural resource managers present Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus with a "rat whacker" during his visit to San Clemente Island, June 6. The device uses a novel means of trapping and incapacitating invasive rat species without poison so that the rats can be made available as food to the local population of island foxes. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Christopher Okula/RELEASED) Mabus visits San Clemente Island 150606-N-HP195-777

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