Voices For Nature

Infestation - the NSW Mouse Plague

Episode Summary

This week on the Voices for Nature Podcast we speak to ecologist Phil Sparks and Xavier Martin Vice President of NSW Farmers on the current mouse plague that is running through western NSW.  In what locals are calling the worst mouse plague in living memory, millions of mice are infesting western NSW and eating away the futures of many residents. The plague is also responsible for major ecological damage as the ecosystem is thrown out of balance. But is bulk poison the answer? What ecological impacts will various poisons have? What can we do to help out our farmers?