The devastating mouse plague gripping New South Wales has left a Dunedoo hotel owner fighting for his life after he contracted a deadly virus carried by the rodents.
Regional parts of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria have been hit with debilitating mice infestations which are destroying crops, houses and the livelihoods of many.
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The 34-year-old man was arrested at a property on Ballinda Road about 9am yesterday.
He has been charged with destroying or damaging property, using an offensive weapon to commit and indictable offence, entering enclosed non-agricultural lands to interfere with a business, using an unregistered Class A motor vehicle on a road and possessing two unregistered firearms.
He appeared before Mudgee Local Court yesterday and was granted conditional bail.
He will reappear at the same court on Wednesday May 5.
Golf Club general manager Ricky Bush said the club was a vital part of the town . People were just staring at the mess and starting to cry. They couldn t believe it, he said.
“I’ve never seen anything like it.”
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Mr Bush said the damage had left club members and the village community reeling.
“People were just staring at the mess and starting to cry. They couldn’t believe it,” he told Golf NSW.
“The club is a community asset, a vital part of the town.
“We were the only sport in town which had kept going through the pandemic.
“We were only talking at our annual general meeting the other night about what we had achieved last year even with the pandemic, and now we have copped this.”
The accused man was arrested on Wednesday morning at a property near Dunedoo, where police also seized two unregistered firearms.