Mouse Plague Grows to Biblical Proportions Across Eastern Australia - North West NSW towns of Coonamble, Dubbo & Gulargambone and Toowoomba in South Queensland heavily affected, farmers want to use the banned highly toxic pesticide zinc phosphide which would play havoc with native wildlife

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Mouse Plague Grows to Biblical Proportions Across Eastern Australia - North West NSW towns of Coonamble, Dubbo & Gulargambone and Toowoomba in South Queensland heavily affected, farmers want to use the banned highly toxic pesticide zinc phosphide which would play havoc with native wildlife (www.theguardian.com)

Zinc phosphide is highly toxic in acute exposure to humans, characterized by acute renal failure and tubulo interstitial nephritis. BioMedCentral.com (bmcpharmacoltoxicol.biomedcentral.com).

Zinc phosphide is highly toxic in acute exposure to humans, characterized by acute renal failure and tubulo interstitial nephritis. [BioMedCentral.com](https://bmcpharmacoltoxicol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40360-017-0144-7).

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Just buy a terrier.

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Exactly, a Jack Russell is guaranteed to kill everything, at least double its size within a few km radius.

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Was just thinking along the same vein - introduce a predator of some sort.

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