Australia s out-of-control mouse plague could last for up to two years if urgent action is not taken to kill millions of the rodents, a farmer s association has warned.
Xavier Martin, the vice president of NSW Farmers, said growers are now abandoning paddocks to the mouse hoard, fearing that crops sown there over the winter will be devoured before they can be harvested. Without a concerted baiting effort in the next few weeks, this could easily turn into a two-year plague event, Mr Martin warned as the government revealed it is ready to hand out one of the world s deadliest poisons for free, as soon as states approve it.