Albatross eating mice sentenced to death by 'bombing'
How It Works UK|Issue 195
Invasive mice are eating albatrosses alive on a remote island in the Indian Ocean, so conservationists have come up with an explosive solution: ‘bombing’ the mice.
PATRICK PESTER
Albatross eating mice sentenced to death by 'bombing'

Mice have been wreaking havoc on Marion Island, between South Africa and Antarctica, for decades. Humans accidentally introduced the mice in the 19th century, and the rodents have since developed a taste for wandering albatrosses and other threatened seabirds.

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