Not a day goes by these days without a casual remark about animal extermination in Australia. Mice have moved to the front of the queue in terms of animal species Australians would most like to liquidate. The language used has various registers: .
NSW farmers and rural residents have been battling a mouse plague for months
There are new reports of mice sightings in Sydney s west, with houses damaged
The government has secured a bulk supply of a mice poison to give to farmers
Animal rights group PETA and farmers said government should ve acted sooner
Scientists say the plague will peak over winter and that they can last two years
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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The end to a horror mouse plague that has tormented communities in western NSW is finally in sight thanks to doubly toxic bait, but farmers say they now can t afford to finish the rodents off.
Your playlist will load after this ad They’re begging the state government for help to get on top of the plague. Source: ABC Australia
Mice have been running rampant through large tracts of inland NSW and parts of southern Queensland, destroying crops and causing significant damage to tonnes of stored hay and grain.
Torrential rain and cooler temperatures were hoped to put a significant dampener on their numbers ahead of the sowing of the winter crop, however both have had little impact in only a few areas.
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.