Man strives to save albatrosses on S. Pacific isle

Man strives to save albatrosses on S. Pacific isle

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Nitta, an Environment Ministry official, speaks about his work protecting albatrosses on Tori-shima (literally Bird Island), an uninhabited Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean, in this file photo taken on Nov. 17, 2014. The big seabirds are listed as an endangered species.

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