Scientists liberate Gough Island from mouse menace, but how long will it last?
Intervention sees huge rebound in breeding success of the Tristan albatross
07 November 2022 - 20:22
Mousetraps and cheese was never going to cut it. But two-million poison pellets a year have ended in a resounding conservation success story in a showdown between man and mouse on a remote South Atlantic Island...
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