Plague of Mice in Australia Overruns Farms, Shops and Bedrooms
Plague of Mice in Australia Overruns Farms, Shops and Bedrooms

The New York Times - Yan Zhuang & Anna Maria Antoinette D’Addario

For half a year, rodents have been chewing their way around the country’s eastern grain belt, leaving economic and psychological scars.

A blue tarp covering wheat grain infested with mice at the Fragar family’s farm seven hours west of Sydney, Australia. Farmers throughout the region are seeing their stocks of grains being eaten by mice.

A blue tarp covering wheat grain infested with mice at the Fragar family’s farm seven hours west of Sydney, Australia. Farmers throughout the region are seeing their stocks of grains being eaten by mice.

Annalise Klante playing near an empty grain silo on the Klante farm.

Annalise Klante playing near an empty grain silo on the Klante farm.

Mice in a grain silo on the Fragar farm.

Mice in a grain silo on the Fragar farm.

Terry Klante, center, discussing his strategies for getting rid of mice with George Greig, left, another local farmer. Australia suffers a mouse plague every decade or so.

Terry Klante, center, discussing his strategies for getting rid of mice with George Greig, left, another local farmer. Australia suffers a mouse plague every decade or so.

Mr. Greig’s dachshund hunting for mice under a tarp on the Greig farm.

Mr. Greig’s dachshund hunting for mice under a tarp on the Greig farm.

A dance class in Tottenham, a source of fun for young people who have been dealing with the effects of a drought, the pandemic and the mouse plague.

A dance class in Tottenham, a source of fun for young people who have been dealing with the effects of a drought, the pandemic and the mouse plague.

Ploughed fields outside Tottenham. Changes to farming practices have created more sources of food and shelter for mice.

Ploughed fields outside Tottenham. Changes to farming practices have created more sources of food and shelter for mice.

Matt Randall’s sons, Austin and Riley, playing on a tractor at their farm. The Randalls have used baiting and burning to keep the mice out of their fields, but the rodents have slipped into their home.

Matt Randall’s sons, Austin and Riley, playing on a tractor at their farm. The Randalls have used baiting and burning to keep the mice out of their fields, but the rodents have slipped into their home.

Hay piles infested with mice on the Fragar farm.

Hay piles infested with mice on the Fragar farm.

Plague of Mice in Australia Overruns Farms, Shops and Bedrooms
A blue tarp covering wheat grain infested with mice at the Fragar family’s farm seven hours west of Sydney, Australia. Farmers throughout the region are seeing their stocks of grains being eaten by mice.
Annalise Klante playing near an empty grain silo on the Klante farm.
Mice in a grain silo on the Fragar farm.
Terry Klante, center, discussing his strategies for getting rid of mice with George Greig, left, another local farmer. Australia suffers a mouse plague every decade or so.
Mr. Greig’s dachshund hunting for mice under a tarp on the Greig farm.
A dance class in Tottenham, a source of fun for young people who have been dealing with the effects of a drought, the pandemic and the mouse plague.
Ploughed fields outside Tottenham. Changes to farming practices have created more sources of food and shelter for mice.
Matt Randall’s sons, Austin and Riley, playing on a tractor at their farm. The Randalls have used baiting and burning to keep the mice out of their fields, but the rodents have slipped into their home.
Hay piles infested with mice on the Fragar farm.
Plague of Mice in Australia Overruns Farms, Shops and Bedrooms

The New York Times - Yan Zhuang & Anna Maria Antoinette D’Addario

For half a year, rodents have been chewing their way around the country’s eastern grain belt, leaving economic and psychological scars.

A blue tarp covering wheat grain infested with mice at the Fragar family’s farm seven hours west of Sydney, Australia. Farmers throughout the region are seeing their stocks of grains being eaten by mice.

Annalise Klante playing near an empty grain silo on the Klante farm.

Mice in a grain silo on the Fragar farm.

Terry Klante, center, discussing his strategies for getting rid of mice with George Greig, left, another local farmer. Australia suffers a mouse plague every decade or so.

Mr. Greig’s dachshund hunting for mice under a tarp on the Greig farm.

A dance class in Tottenham, a source of fun for young people who have been dealing with the effects of a drought, the pandemic and the mouse plague.

Ploughed fields outside Tottenham. Changes to farming practices have created more sources of food and shelter for mice.

Matt Randall’s sons, Austin and Riley, playing on a tractor at their farm. The Randalls have used baiting and burning to keep the mice out of their fields, but the rodents have slipped into their home.

Hay piles infested with mice on the Fragar farm.

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