Extermination Planned for Island Mice That Breed Out of Control, Eat Birds

Extermination Planned for Island Mice That Breed Out of Control, Eat Birds

CAPE TOWN, South Africa —  Mice accidentally introduced to a remote island near Antarctica 200 years ago are breeding out of control because of climate change, and they are eating seabirds and causing major harm in a special nature reserve with “unique biodiversity.” Now conservationists are planning a mass extermination using helicopters and hundreds of … Read more