The devastating mouse plague ravaging inland parts of NSW will soon spread to Sydney, with rodents sightings recently reported in the city s western suburbs.
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Bunnings shelves in regional NSW stripped bare of mouse traps, rodent baits
Customers at Bunnings across regional NSW have been clearing shelves of traps and rodent bait as exasperated residents try to control the mouse plague.
Several consumers have taken to social media to show images of empty shelves at their local hardware store as mice work their way towards the bigger cities in the state s central west.
One user reported almost all rodent products had sold at Bunnings in Lithgow, while another reported empty shelves in Orange.
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Bunnings Garden Category Manager Belinda Rakers said the hardware giant is tapping in to supplier relationships to ensure stock is getting to stores where residents have been hit hardest.
NSW Government backflip on claims they have no money to produce $50m
Deputy Premier and Agriculture Minister announced support package Thursday
They had previously said they had no money after funding drought relief
Government have legalised previously banned poison to deal with mice plagues
They will also offer free baits for all farmers attempting to deal with the situation
Farms have been overrun with rodents within the past few months across state
Some farmers said they re unable to sleep and have lost as much as $150,000
Farmers overrun by millions of mice have begged the government for help - only to be told there is no money left in the Budget.
Homes and farms across NSW have endured masses of rodents within the past few months leaving the majority of their stocks completely destroyed.
NSW Farmers and the Country Women s Association met at State Parliament on Tuesday to detail just how much their lives have been put on hold to cope with the endless stream of mice.
They asked for $25,000 per farm to help buy and set up mouse baits to kill the rodents and save their crops and homes.