The Mouse-Free Marion project plans to eradicate the rodents with rodenticide.
They've got to all sorts of places," Anton Wolfaardt, the Mouse-Free Marion project manager, told The AP.
Conservationists on Marion Island photographed a mouse sitting on the bloodied head of a wandering albatross chick feeding.
"Marion Island's seabirds are members of a regional seabird community innately connected to the functioning and health of the sub-Antarctic region," he said.
There are estimated to be over a million mice on Marion Island, The AP report said.
Persons:
—, Prince Edward Islands, They've, Anton Wolfaardt, Marion, Wolfaardt, Keith Springer
Organizations:
Marion, Service, Associated Press, AP, BirdLife International, Guardian
Locations:
Marion Island, Antarctica, Cape Town , South Africa, Marion, South Africa