Coypu farms and were reported in the wild as early as 1932. There were three unsuccessful attempts to control coypu in east Great Britain between 1943 and 1944. Coypu population and range increased causing damage to agriculture in the 1950s. During the 1960s, a grant was awarded to Rabbit Clearance Societies that included coypu. This control allowed for the removal of 97,000 coypu in 1961 and 1962. From 1962 to 1965, 12 trappers were hired to eradicate as many coypu as possible near Norfolk Broads. The campaign used live traps allowing non-target species to be released while any coypu caught were
Montserrat (given name) as a given name as is, or sometimes translated as Montserrate or Monserrate (where the final "e" is pronounced /e̞/). Montserrat (given name) Montserrat (, or "Maria Montserrat", after the Virgin of Montserrat, is a popular name for girls in Catalonia and several other parts of Catalan-speaking areas. Indeed, it was the second most common given name for women in Catalonia in 2014, according to the Catalan Statistics Institute. The name is traditionally abbreviated to "Serrat", "Rat", "Rateta", "Tat" or "Tóna", and more recently, due to foreign influence, also to "Monse". April 27th is the Montserrat name day, traditionally celebrated