The US Wants to Start Dumping Rat Poison on These Islands. It Will Help the Birds, Scientists Say

The US Wants to Start Dumping Rat Poison on These Islands. It Will Help the Birds.
The US Wants to Start Dumping Rat Poison on These Islands. It Will Help the Birds, Scientists Say
Farallon Island. Screenshot/Google Maps
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About 27 miles west of San Francisco, the Farallon Islands host a plethora of wildlife, including some of the largest seabird populations, five kinds of marine mammals and rare species like the Farallon arboreal salamander.

But they’re also home to another animal scientists are proposing to get rid of—mice.