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Farmers are sounding the alarm that Australia is on the threshold of another mice plague, two years on from a vermin outbreak that overwhelmed the country.

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As the CSIRO warns how long the mice infestation will last, see the map that shows how quickly the plague spread from northern NSW to four states.

Animal activists PETA slammed for telling farmers not to kill mice during plague PETA said mice are looking for food to survive and shouldnt be robbed of right  Some farmers have said theyre unable to sleep and have lost close to $300,000 Todays Karl Stefanovic said PETA doesnt know about problems farmers face  He said PETA idiots sit in offices and cant be bothered going to the farms 

“I’m just at the end of my tether trying to hold it together … but Scott, my partner, and I have other jobs and income, we can rebuild. There are people out there with a lot more riding on this.” One of those people is Ben Storer, a farmer from near Walgett, nearly 300kms north of Dubbo in north-west NSW. The mice wiped out a full 800 hectares of his sorghum crop and have caused upwards of $200,000 in damage. “We never even stuck a [havester machine] into those fieldsâ...

Australia’s mouse plague: six months ago it was war, now whole towns have accepted their presence Matilda Boseley When the mouse plague began in regional New South Wales and Queensland, residents spoke like generals in a war. It was all about strategy, setting the cleverest traps, fortifying houses to keep the enemy out and outsmarting the tiny creatures as they attacked wave after wave. But, six months on, with rodent numbers surging again despite thousands of tonnes of poiso...

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 theyre unable t...

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 Womens 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 an...

The scale of the mouse plague gripping regional Australian towns has been laid bare by footage of a rodent clinging to the fur of a sunbathing cat. The mouse was pictured perching on the cats forehead as he laid down on a ledge in Coonabarabran in New South Wales central west on April 25. Quick look up - hes on your head. Get the mouse, a voice can be heard urging the cat from behind the camera. Farmers in northern parts of the state and southern Queensland have battled plagues of mice in recen...

Australians overwhelmed by a mouse plague sweeping across rural towns have been forced to spread peanut butter onto bin lids in a desperate attempt to trap and kill the masses of rodents. Farmers based in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland have endured plagues of rodents in recent months, which have destroyed large volumes of stock.  A fed up woman in Tamworth, in northern NSW, explained shed bought a bin with a swinging lid to use as a cheap alternative to a mouse trap after str...