Aussie mouse plague: PETA cops big backlash for telling farmers not to kill pests
18 May, 2021 09:20 PM
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The mouse plague has spread across rural communities in eastern Australia. Video / news.com.au
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By: Anton Nilsson
A global animal rights organisation has pleaded with farmers not to kill the mice plaguing regional Australia, arguing the rodents should not be denied their right to food because of the dangerous notion of human supremacy .
The comments from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) during the height of a devastating mouse plague has infuriated farmers and prompted Deputy PM Michael McCormack to slam the activists as idiots who have never been outside the city .
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