Mouse infestation ravages Australia, even jump on bed | Abroad

In fact, farmers in that region have to put the legs of their beds in buckets of water to avoid being bitten by the mice while they sleep. “They even climb up through the curtains and then jump onto the bed,” grain farmer Xavier Martin tells The Telegraph.

The plague started in New South Wales, but there are now also ‘hotspots’ in the states of Queensland and Victoria. Farmers can register and monitor the activities of the mice via the MouseAlert app.

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The government has applied for an emergency permit to use a poison called bromadiolone. However, environmentalists have warned that this could harm other animals, such as eagles, which eat mice.

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