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More than 2,000 American mink have been captured since a project to eliminate them from the islands began in 2001.

Saving Nature Outer Hebrides said a "total removal" of the carnivorous mammals was possible after receiving a £94,000 grant from the Scottish government's Nature Restoration Fund.

The animals were first brought to Scotland for the fur farming industry in the 1950s, but they became feral after the farms closed and began threatening native birds.

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