Alien invasion on the islands - BBC Environment

Want more natural history and wildlife videos? Visit the official BBC Earth channel: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthWW BBC Earth The BBC Earth YouTube channel is home to over 50 years-worth of the best animal videos from the BBC archive. With three new videos released every week there’s something for all nature loves from astounding animal behaviour to beautiful imagery. Click here to find our more: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthWW The introduction of alien species onto the environmentally fragile Galapagos Islands is a hot issue to the conservationists. When 100,000 goats invaded the islands and threatened the survival of extraordinary rare breeds that call the Ecquadorian islands home, an extreme solution was chosen to combat the conservation nightmare. Learn more in this short video from BBC wildlife show 'Lonesome George and the Battle to Save Galapagos'.