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A warming island’s mice are breeding out of control and eating seabirds. An extermination is planned

AP News

BY GERALD IMRAY
Updated 2:24 AM EDT, March 16, 2024

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — 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.”

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