{
  "id": 16153679,
  "title": "After cats wiped out flightless rails on Aldabra’s Picard Island, 18 birds were returned in 1999; by 2012, nearly 3,000 lived there",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/after-cats-wiped-out-flightless-rails-on-aldabras-picard-island-18",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T05:00:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/after-cats-wiped-out-flightless-rails-on-aldabra-s-picard-island-18-birds-were-returned-in-1999-by-2012-nearly-3-000-lived-there-101792659647598.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In 1999, 18 Aldabra rails, the last flightless bird in the Indian Ocean, returned to Picard Island after cats were gone. By 2012, nearly 3,000 lived there.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}