by Tyler Durden
Saturday, May 29, 2021 - 10:00 PM
Australia s out-of-control mouse plague is worsening in New South Wales, a southeastern Australian state, as experts warn the fast-spreading rodents could overwhelm the area for two years if urgent extermination action is not taken, according to Daily Mail.
Xavier Martin, the New South Wales Farmers (NSW Farmers) vice president, said farmers are abandoning their fields and barns as a biblical wave of mice devour the region s crop before it can be harvested. He said now is the perfect time to stop the plague. Farmers are abandoning some paddocks and cannot hold off winter crop sowing a moment longer, and researchers warn that without a concerted baiting effort in the next few weeks,
A Literal Mouse Plague Is Terrorizing Towns in Eastern Australia Right Now
27 MAY 2021
While the rest of the world continues to tackle the global pandemic, in eastern Australia, waves of mice are flooding farms and towns.
For months now, this plague has been wreaking havoc on crops, damaging electrical wires in buildings, and even biting hospital patients, leaving a stench of rodent urine and feces in its wake.
The mice are getting into drinking water supplies, making some people sick, and decimating hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of crops grown by farmers who have already endured years of drought, not to mention the pandemic.
A catastrophic rat infestation is sweeping across eastern Australia in what some people describe as a "plague of biblical proportions." Journalist Lucy Thackray shared on Twitter a clip [.]