South Africa To Bomb Island With Pesticides To Kill Albatross-Eating Mice

South Africa To Bomb Island With Pesticides To Kill Albatross-Eating Mice

Gruesome images presented at the meeting showed bloodied birds. Johannesburg: Conservationists said Saturday that they plan to bomb a remote South African island with tonnes of pesticide-laced pellets to kill mice that are eating albatrosses and other seabirds alive. Hordes of mice are devouring the eggs of some of the world’s most important seabirds that [...]