Running group sponsors nine hectares to rid Marion Island of its albatross-killing mice as a long-term member turns 80 According to co-founder, Ken Andrew,“the Rondebosch Rocky Road Runners” consists of friends who enjoy running together, providing support and encouragement to each other in an attempt to remain fit, healthy and sane”. As well as running […]
The Mouse-Free Marion Project’s campaign worked hard through social media with daily postings to Facebook and Instagram; a gam of juvenile Wandering Albatrosses displaying on Marion Island; photograph by Tom Peschak Last month the Mouse-Free Marion Project made it into the final round of the 2022 European Outdoor Conservation Association’s (EOCA) latest project funding vote. […]
The Mouse-Free Marion Project that aims to eradicate the sub-Antarctic island’s “killer mice” has recently made it to the shortlist of the category ‘Wild Places’ and is in the final round to be awarded funding by the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) which would contribute to the project’s goal. The shortlisted projects go through a […]
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