Is it necessary to exterminate the cute animal field mouse?

Look, this time the fields were raided by mice. They were damaging the crops. Farmers don't know how to deal with them.

A snake! Snake is the solution.

The snake is the main enemy of mice. 

But we humans don't like snakes, do we? 

Eventually the snake tricked Eve and got us kicked out of paradise.

Jokes aside, we humans are really specialised in destroying the balance of nature. And then we suffer from this plunder that we made ourselves.

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Why do you think rats are overpopulating in the fields at the moment?

OK, they are breeding very fast, but why have they increased so much in these years?

There must be a reason for this. After all, the fields have been the same for many years, and the crops planted are almost the same.

Something has to be different from the previous years for them to reproduce this much.

I think the reason for this should be found first.

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Mice are actually cute animals. Especially field mice.

There is also a mouse-like creature, perhaps a species of mole, the Russians call them earth borers, translation programmes translate them as field mice, but I think they are a species of mole.

There are a lot of these shrews in our dacha, they are a strange animal with a long snout, they are always digging holes everywhere.

They've been around since ancient times. Cats used to catch them and bring them to the front door and play with them. 

It's really interesting when a cat plays with a mouse. Sit and watch it, flinging it this way and that.

Sometimes they would leave it in front of the door saying "Look what a present I have brought for you".

Now my brother-in-law also has a cat, unfortunately ours have unfortunately passed away, so there is only one cat left in the dacha, and he sometimes catches and brings these mole-like animals.

We also have hedgehogs in the dacha, they occasionally show themselves through the grass.

Of course, since we don't plant anything important, these long-nosed shrews are not a problem. I can't say that there are that many shrews anyway.

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However, if rats raid the whole field, it is a real problem for those who make a living by cultivating something.

As a solution, one expert said that when ploughing the field, it is necessary to plough deep. Supposedly, if you destroy their nests, you will get rid of the rats.

I think it won't work, they will nest deep again.

I really don't know how to get rid of field mice, if you try to poison them, you would probably need a lot of pesticides. 

Anyway, the poison will infect the planted crops, then you have to sift the rice. You will get poisoned yourself.

Let cats be released in the fields!

It's a joke, of course, cats only play with mice after catching one or two.

But if it is as it is said, I can really imagine the extent of the problem. 

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They did not leave any wild birds in the nature, and field mice are really a food source for falcons, hawks and sparrowhawks. 

I think birds of prey would have wiped out the field mice, no matter how they see them from so high up. At least they could keep the population at a certain number.

In short, I don't know whether it will be with snakes, birds of prey, or whether it will really be by collecting all the cats in the cities and releasing them into the fields, but somehow the farmer must get rid of these mice.

They are actually very cute animals, you can't spare them, I feel like saying let them live, but I can also understand the farmers.

What can I say, you reap what you sow, as they say, let's see what more will happen to us as we disturb the balance of nature.

I wish the farmers to get rid of field mice in a short time.

Love and respect to everyone from Moscow.