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Trapping is still the goal, however.
The foxes are so dense on this island that no matter what we do to protect the piping plover, we lose them to foxes. So we decided to pull back and do a better job of convincing the community that trapping is the best thing for these birds. But he is likely to find the community difficult to convince, since most people have seen even this slight capitulation as a victory.