Covid-19 stalls RSPB rescue of albatross chicks from giant mice
by Mark Brown from Environment | The Guardian on (#53N88)
Gough Island in South Atlantic is home to mutant mice that feast on young seabirds
Among the places not to be stranded when the world goes into lockdown is surely one of the planet's most remote islands, renowned for its freakishly giant house mice that have evolved into merciless killers.
The Foreign Office has revealed details of one of the trickiest rescues it has had to mount because of the coronavirus pandemic, one involving a 12-day sail across the Atlantic and a 4,000 mile flight in an RAF A400 transport aircraft.
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