Mice numbers are likely to drop as winter sets in – an expert explains.
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In parts of Western Australia and Southern Australia, mouse numbers are reaching plague proportions.
Rodents destroy around 70 million tonnes of grain each year. What if we could trick them into looking elsewhere for their food?
With temperatures plunging, rodents have started seeking the warmth and food inside our houses. Here’s how to deal with them effectively and humanely – without accidentally catching native animals.
Only three specimens of the blue-grey mouse ever existed, and two are lost. We plunged into a search for the third, in the hope we might find the species isn’t extinct at all – just missing.
The NSW government has secured an extremely toxic bait to try to end the mouse plague. But there are safer alternatives.
Imagine constantly living with mice. When you go to sleep they run across your bed, the stench of dead mice fills the street. As an expert on mouse outbreaks, let’s look at the issue in more detail.
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Associate Professor in Wildlife Conservation, Edith Cowan University
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