Why Melbourne is in the grip of a mouse plague

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Melbourne is being gripped by a mice plague, with the rodents migrating from the state’s west in droves. File pic
Melbourne is being gripped by a mice plague, with the rodents migrating from the state’s west in droves. File pic
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Why Melbourne is in the grip of a mouse plague

Therese Allaoui, Herald Sun

 

MELBOURNE is being gripped by a mice plague, with the rodents migrating from the state’s west in droves.

Pest controller Peter Taylor, from Adam’s Pest Control, said the mice population was booming in Melbourne.
“Spring was very conducive to the breeding of mice, and lots of other insects and animals,” Mr Taylor told 3AW.

“The population’s quite large, and because we’re now getting colder weather they’re all coming inside.

“It sort of started in the country, now it’s moving into the city, first to the outer suburbs, and now into the CBD.”

Huntsman tries to eat a mouse

Mr Taylor said mice were more likely to be found scurrying in the cereal as the cooler weather attracts them inside while looking for shelter from the wind and rain.

This comes as the CSIRO issued a warning earlier this year to farmers and residents in western Victorian be on high alert for plenty of mice.

They warned the wet spring and bumper harvest created the perfect breeding conditions for the mice to reach “plague proportions”.

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