Australia's agricultural heartland is being consumed by a vermin invasion that officials have compared to a 'decaying body.' Sources on the ground in New South Wales describe hordes of mice stripping fields, gnawing through grain silos, and infiltrating homes. Farmers are burning their own crops in desperation.
'It's biblical,' one source said. 'They come at night. You can hear them scratching inside the walls.
' The infestation, reportedly the worst in decades, follows a wet season that allowed mouse populations to explode. Government documents obtained by this reporter reveal that emergency meetings were held behind closed doors last week. But no coordinated response has emerged.
Pesticide supplies are running low. Some farmers are talking about abandoning their land. The stench of dead mice, they say, is unbearable.
This is not a natural disaster. It is a failure of planning. And it is spreading.
