00:02These small grains of poisoned wheat offer hope in the face of a big problem.
00:07You can just see the amount of holes and they're like a rabbit warren, some of them.
00:12They're just holes everywhere and they've filled a huge amount of dirt out of the ground,
00:15so it's amazing how much dirt a little animal can move.
00:17For months, millions of mice have destroyed grain paddocks and invaded towns
00:22across parts of Western Australia and South Australia.
00:26Farmers have appealed for help and now, after weeks of waiting,
00:30the National Chemical Regulator has approved an emergency application for double-strength baits.
00:36I think you'd be more confident spreading it because one seeds, one death.
00:40Homes and businesses are also inundated as mice move from grain paddocks into towns.
00:47At Northampton in WA's Midwest, bait and trap retailers can't keep up with demand.
00:52If I'm not ordering 100 mousetraps, then there's something wrong.
00:57And then the same with the rat sack, we're ordering the same amount as well.
01:02Yeah, it's just crazy.
01:04Erica Brown is one of many on the shop wait list for more traps.
01:08Living with mice is taking its toll.
01:11It's disgusting.
01:13It stinks.
01:14It's filthy.
01:15It's horrible.
01:17It's, yeah, it's foul.
01:18The state government's also going to provide a funding support for councils in relation to baits as well.
01:25And that's something that the Minister for Agriculture, Jackie Jarvis, is very much working on.
01:30Farmers will need to complete training before they can buy the bait.
01:33They're also hoping for cold weather to finally control the mice.
01:37We're hoping for captain of the illness that you so can say today's book because you're bored.
01:37It's too many other people that use camp Çok curator to advertise for coronavirus.
01:38And if they're talking too many ë”± a few days ago, and again, the two of the few days before
01:39they continue adding less money from China to Russia,
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