Barn owl baby boom welcomed in rural WA following mouse plague
Farmers and wildlife groups have reported an increase in barn owl sightings in Western Australia’s Midwest and Wheatbelt…
School in mouse-infested WA town closed after toxic bait spread on grounds
The Western Australian College of Agriculture at Morawa has been closed and students sent home until further notice…
WA mouse plague pushes regulator to approve stronger bait
Australia’s chemical regulator has approved an emergency permit for double-strength mouse baits for grain paddocks amid mouse plagues…
Roads of dead mice as plague blights standards of living in WA towns
Driving along roads ravaged by a devastating mouse plague north-east of Perth is like “popping bubble wrap”, residents…
Aussie community unnerved by underground threat that springs to life at night: ‘This is too much’
Hidden beneath the fertile soil of a sprawling farming region in Australia’s west is a destructive threat that’s…
Mouse plague fears deepen as chemical regulator rejects CSIRO bait research
Farmers battling the worst mouse plague they have ever seen on farms across Western Australia say a solution…
Western Australian farmers call for urgent action as mouse plague threatens $1bn crop harvest
Scientists have warned a mouse plague could threaten $1bn wroth of grain crops in Western Australia if urgent…
Mouse plague warning for Western Australia as researcher urges action
A leading Australian mouse researcher says mice are at plague proportions in Western Australian grain paddocks and urgent…