SYDNEY: A mouse plague ravaging Australia’s farmlands compelled the evacuation of tens of thousands of inmates from a rural prison Tuesday, because the rodents bankrupt and chewed through key infrastructure.
Cases of mice have gnawed through ceiling wiring and panels in a New South Wales prison, enabling police to scale back surgeries such as repairs.
“The health, wellbeing and safety of staff and inmates is the number one priority, therefore it is important for all of us to act today to execute the critical remediation job,” explained Peter Severin od Corrective Services NSW.
Up to 420 offenders and 200 employees in the Wellington Correctional Centre is going to be transferred to other facilities at the end of the month.
“We wish to do that overhaul after, and we need it done correctly, so we will be considering methods to mitigate the negative effects of comparable plagues later on,” Custodial Corrections Assistant Commissioner Kevin Corcoran stated.
Mice have been ruining farmers’ make and tormenting sailors in southern Australia for weeks following the insect prospered over the back of a bumper harvest.
The plague will be the most recent in a series of disasters to attack farmers.
A years-long drought has been followed by weeks of catastrophic bushfires in overdue 2019 to ancient 2020 before welcome storms caused detrimental floods in a number of regions.
Mouse plague Compels Australian prison evacuation
