Sunday, March 21, 2021

A BIBLICAL PLAGUE DOWN UNDER

Australia is hit by 'biblical' rodent plague: Millions of mice and rats invade rural towns with one supermarket catching 500 a NIGHT, hospital patients bitten and fears poisoned carcasses could infect drinking water

 

By Bhvishya Patel

 

Daily Mail

March 20, 2021

 

Swarms of mice are infesting rural towns in Australia after its bumper grain harvest and destroying crops as the country continues to battle its out-of-control rodent plague.

Residents in New South Wales and southern Queensland have seen an explosion of mice in recent months with the rodents invading homes, fields and grain silos and some residents spotting the rodents in their water supplies. 

Experts claim the plague is due to the recent heavy summer rains across eastern Australia which hit the country earlier after years of drought.

The shocking scenes come after three hospital patients were bitten by the creatures at facilities in Tottenham, Walgett and Gulargambone, NSW Health confirmed.

 

Shocking images shows bags filled with mice as the country continues to battle its\u00A0out-of-control rodent plague

2 comments:

Trey said...

As mouse dropping deteriorate in dry climates they become airborne. Inhaling the dropping can cause hantavirus a deadly disease mainly found in New Mexico.

bob walsh said...

Clearly they need more cats, hawks and owls.