Rats are still prevalent in many parts of North West Queensland. Photo: Nigel Simmons
WHILE large parts of North Queensland enjoyed their best season in a long-time last year, rats have been wreaking havoc on the area ever since – chewing through poly pipe and causing some nauseating clean ups.
Many of the area’s cattle producers say financial loss has not been as big an issue as the nuisance value of cleaning dead rats out of troughs and fixing up equipment. However, there were concerns for crops in the area, which is a reasonably new industry.
The area has received some good storms…
