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SUNDAY, JAN 5, 2003

On California Islets, a Clear Case of Rat and Wrong?

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- The seas get rough in October, when Rob Puddicombe and an accomplice bounce their inflatable dinghy across the 12-mile, open-water channel separating the mainland from Anacapa Island, the lonely, windswept rock that is the scene of Puddicombe's alleged crimes.

According to federal prosecutors, the surfer-bus driver beached his boat at Anacapa, shouldered a large backpack and began dispersing five pounds of specially formulated, vitamin-fortified kibble.

"I can see the headline now: Man Wants to Save Rats. Like ha, ha, ha," Puddicombe said as he spoke with a reporter on the beach. "Which I do. I want to save the rats, and I want to save the Xantus's murrelet and the Anacapa deer mouse, too. I want to save them all."

Which is the problem. ...

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