{"id":20217,"date":"2021-10-01T14:59:46","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T21:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=20217"},"modified":"2021-10-01T13:06:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T20:06:28","slug":"mice-plague-spreading-across-new-australian-states-as-summer-sparks-surge-in-pest-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/mice-plague-spreading-across-new-australian-states-as-summer-sparks-surge-in-pest-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mice plague spreading across new Australian states as summer sparks surge in pest numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Anton Nilsson<\/a> – September 23, 2021<\/p>\n

Despite a lull over the winter, Australia\u2019s mouse plague never ended \u2013 and now it\u2019s threatening new areas of the country.<\/p>\n

Large numbers of mice continue to plague rural Australian communities as farmers fear yet another crop will be ruined.<\/p>\n

After dwindling in the winter cold, mouse populations have begun growing rapidly again, CSIRO mouse expert Steve Henry said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re quite concerned, given them the numbers that have been reported at the moment,\u201d Mr Henry said.<\/p>\n

NSW Farmers vice president Xavier Martin, who operates a farm in Gunnedah, said the new wave of mice would be a hard blow for farmers still reeling from the plague earlier in the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of farmers are on edge because they\u2019re still trying to deal with contaminated hay and crops,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome contaminated produce had to be buried or burnt. So they\u2019re very wary about this upcoming harvest and hay making.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mice are multiplying fast across a wide area that stretches from northern NSW to southern Queensland.<\/p>\n

The worst-hit areas in recent weeks appear to be around Walgett and Moree in NSW, and in the Darling Downs in Queensland.<\/p>\n

But there is also an area in Western Australia where mice are breeding fast, according to Mr Henry.<\/p>\n

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