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Mouse plague deals fresh blow to Australian farmers
Zero999:
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--- Quote from: Zero999 on May 27, 2021, 08:36:17 am ---I found it ammusing that PETA activists are campaigning for trap and release. They have no idea. Release them where?
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From a helicopter into the ocean of course >:D
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Here's the video I was talking about. Skip the first 45 seconds if you just want to hear the animal rights nutjob go on about not killing mice. :popcorn:
sandalcandal:
--- Quote from: beanflying on May 27, 2021, 11:26:41 am ---It happens twice every year this year is a bit up on normal. The Media is Bored with COVID so lets go look for the next ratings grab :palm:
--- Quote ---CSIRO's most recent mouse report in March documented mice numbers as "moderate to high" in many regions of southern Queensland, northern, central and southern NSW, north-western Victoria, parts of South Australia and around Ravensthorpe, WA.
The report said mice have continued to breed through summer and autumn and would reach "a peak at sowing of winter crops".
CSIRO forecast mice would appear in houses and sheds as temperatures drop.
Footage and photos of the mouse plague have created headlines around the world, with recordings of mice "raining" down from inside hay barns and swarms of rodents scuttling through homes and farms.
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Peel back a Tarp loosely covering a pile of grain and surprise surprise what does the Media Camera catch "Ratings" :horse:
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Statement from CSIRO "A mouse plague of this sort happens about every 10 years."
https://www.csiro.au/en/news/news-releases/2021/mouse-plague-in-queensland-and-new-south-wales
--- Quote ---High mouse populations are becoming a persistent problem
Until recently, spikes in mouse populations had been followed by population crashes and subsequent years free from problematic mouse numbers.
Now, higher populations are becoming a persistent, rather than intermittent, problem.
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https://www.csiro.au/en/research/animals/pests/mouse-control
--- Quote from: Zero999 on May 27, 2021, 08:36:17 am ---I saw it on Sky News Australia a week ago. The situation is pretty dia down there.
I found it ammusing that PETA activists are campaigning for trap and release. They have no idea. Release them where? It's fair enough doing that in places where mice are native, but they have no natural predators in Australia, which is why there's a problem in the first place. :palm:
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--- Quote from: Zero999 on May 27, 2021, 10:05:32 pm ---Here's the video I was talking about. Skip the first 45 seconds if you just want to hear the animal rights nutjob go on about not killing mice. :popcorn:
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I would strongly recommend against paying any attention to Sky New Australia. They have a strong tendency to distort "facts" https://youtu.be/zuXdl69iUS4 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/24/sky-news-australia-is-tapping-into-the-global-conspiracy-set-and-its-paying-off
langwadt:
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/ngslo9/homemade_mouse_trap_to_help_combat_the_mice/
Trader:
--- Quote from: langwadt on May 27, 2021, 11:12:46 pm ---https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/ngslo9/homemade_mouse_trap_to_help_combat_the_mice/
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