Prime Minister Scott Morrison and radio host Ben Fordham have slammed an animal rights group for urging farmers to avoid killing mice during the country s worst-ever rodent plague.
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Tuesday pleaded with farmers not to kill curious animals that are just looking for food to survive . They shouldn t be robbed of that right because of the dangerous notion of human supremacy, PETA spokeswoman Aleesha Naxakis said.
PETA spokeswoman Aleesha Naxakis (pictured) on Tuesday pleaded with farmers to avoid killing the mice as they are just looking for food to survive
Mice chew through $50 bills at NSW country town general store dailymail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailymail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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.
New Zealand Sign Language Week: Whanganui teacher needs community support
10 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Shona Beamsley teaching a sign language class at Wanganui Hearing Association.
Photo / Bevan Conley
Liz Wylie is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicleliz.wylie@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) is an official language of Aotearoa and this week is New Zealand Sign Language Week.
NZSL is the language of New Zealand s deaf community and uses the hands, body and facial expressions to express meaning.
Whanganui s foremost NZSL teacher is Shona Beamsley, who was born with no hearing in one ear and partial hearing in the other.