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Mice on remote island that eat albatrosses alive sentenced to death by 'bombing,' scientists decree

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Mice have been wreaking havoc on Marion Island , between South Africa and Antarctica , for decades .

The rodents have developed a taste for wandering albatrosses and other threatened seabirds.

The Mouse-Free Marion Project is trying to raise $29 million to drop 660 tons of rodenticide-laced pellets onto the island in winter 2027 .

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