Mouse plague runs rampant in eastern Australia

Many parts of rural eastern Australia are being overrun by mice as farmers and rural communities struggle to combat an escalating plague. The increase in the pest’s population, brought about by the end of the drought, is decimating crops, destroying stored hay and invading silos, sheds and homes. The plague is also having a health impact, with reports of poisoned mice carcasses finding their way into drinking water tanks

Three hospital patients bitten as mouse plague sweeps western NSW ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/mar/18/three-hospital-patients-bitten-by-mice-as-absolute-plague-sweeps-western-nsw

Are poison-packed drones the answer to eastern Australia’s mouse plague? ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/mar/03/are-poison-packed-drones-the-answer-to-eastern-australias-mouse-plague

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40 COMMENTS

  1. Call Davy Crockett and his buddies and I'll even take my firepower we'll get rid of em do y'all. Just stop those lily livered fools from making there comments that it's not nice to shoot mice. _+_$_& em.

  2. Caused by damn environmentalists shooting feral cats and foxes to protect native species . Mice and cats and foxes are in Australia now and they need a balence and if natives can't keep up they will die out thats nature . You don't seem to have a clue

  3. Start hanging unpoisened mice near "birds of prey". Leave a trail to your issues. Stop dropping poisen. Burn the deadly ones (poisoned mice). You dont want the birds eating those. Hawks, Owls, Eagles. Fix a problem by bridging a gap. Someones hungry. And needs exercise anyway.

    You can also sell a Billion mice for a buck a piece. Visit local reptile farm. Zoos.

    Plant 🌳 's you dont mind being inhabited. Birds are moved in. Mice leave by population drops. Move contaminated crops away. "You're living with the birds and mice anyway".

    American Mowgli 🐺
    Screen shot this please. Balance environment. Trees grow. Australia cools down. Plenty of shade. More oxygen.

    A B C D synonymously. Dont procrastinate.

    Land appreciation. Beats indiscriminate killing. Plant every seed you can.

    You're over here🌏 🌎 🌍 so am I. Trees yield more seeds for more fruits/veggies. Even if money dries up. Food comes off the vines. Juice the fruits of your labor.

    Then take accountability.

    Do it again.

  4. When they leave grain and hay bales on the ground, like I keep seeing, all they’re doing is feeding the problem. Solution is no accessible feed no more mouse problems. Not rocket science here.

  5. This is what happens when you use European-style agricultural techniques that requires the destruction of the natural ecosystem to sustain its practice. The plague wouldn't be as horrible if the owls, hawks, kookaburras still have their homes. But agriculture is king, to hell with nature.

  6. Read they deal with this every 10 years or so!!!!! Saw it as far back as 1984!…..I'd be packing and leaving the freakin' area at the FIRST sight of any small gathering in/around my home!!!!! More than 10…..I'M OUT SUCKAS!!!!! But to live there knowing it was coming AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN!??? Sheesh Maaate!!!!! 😳😳😳😳

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