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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5144/C.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Destructive Mice Invade Parts of Australia' data-article-id='5681'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8063'>Huge numbers of mice are threatening crops in eastern Australia.</span> <span data-start-time='8063' data-end-time='19313'>In New South Wales state, officials have described the situation as a “plague” that has never been seen before.</span> <span data-start-time='19313' data-end-time='35542'>The small animals have spread over wide areas of agricultural land across New South Wales and parts of the neighboring states of Queensland and Victoria.</span> <span data-start-time='35542' data-end-time='50521'>In addition to eating grain crops, the mice have damaged farm and household equipment, caused power outages and invaded supermarkets.</span> <span data-start-time='50521' data-end-time='56708'>Adam Marshall is the Agriculture Minister for New South Wales. </span> <span data-start-time='56708' data-end-time='69583'>He recently said the situation had reached “a critical point” and needed to be dealt with immediately to prevent further problems.</span> <span data-start-time='69583' data-end-time='85771'>“If we don’t significantly reduce the number of mice that are in plague proportions by spring, we are facing an absolute economic and social crisis,” Marshall said.</span> <span data-start-time='85771' data-end-time='95771'>Bruce Barnes runs a family farm near the town of Bogan Gate in central New South Wales. </span> <span data-start-time='95771' data-end-time='102667'>He told The Associated Press he was taking a risk by planting crops. </span> <span data-start-time='102667' data-end-time='108542'>“We just sow and hope,” he told The Associated Press. </span> <span data-start-time='108542' data-end-time='114625'>The word sow describes the process of planting seeds.</span> <span data-start-time='114625' data-end-time='126604'>The state’s main agricultural organization predicts the mice could cause $775 million in losses.</span> <span data-start-time='126604' data-end-time='136646'>The state government has ordered 5,000 liters of the banned poison Bromadiolone from India.</span> <span data-start-time='136646' data-end-time='146083'>But the federal government has not yet approved the substance for emergency use around crops. </span> <span data-start-time='146083' data-end-time='157542'>Critics fear the poison will kill not only mice, but also many other animals that feed on them, or family pets.</span> <span data-start-time='157542' data-end-time='167292'>Marshall said the state wants to use the Bromadiolone “because we need something that is super strength.”</span> <span data-start-time='167292' data-end-time='180583'>Farmers like Barnes had struggled during four years of extreme dry conditions before 2020 finally brought a good rainy season. </span> <span data-start-time='180583' data-end-time='191729'>The wet weather helped produce Australia's largest-ever grain crop, but also provided more food for the mice.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5144/institute_legal_proceedings_against.wav'><span>institute legal proceedings against</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5144/instead.wav'><span>instead</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=17546 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5144/where_is_new_south_wales.wav'>Where is New South Wales?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Australia'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5144/canada.wav'><span>Canada</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5144/bolivia.wav'><span>Bolivia</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5144/australia.wav'><span>Australia</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5144/england.wav'><span>England</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=17547 data-hint-location='146083' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5144/critics_fear_the__blank__will_kill_not_only_mice_but_also_many_other_animals_that_feed_on_them_or_family_pets.wav'>Critics fear the <span class='blank'>poison</span> will kill not only mice, but also many other animals that feed on them, or family pets.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='poison'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5144/thunder.wav'><span>thunder</span></div><div class='choice' 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