Nghe An: More than 50,000 traps help people deal with "rat invaders"
(Baonghean.vn) - Dien Chau District (Nghe An) has provided 52,000 crescent mousetraps to farmers across the district to kill mice and protect crops.
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People of Dien Phuc commune (Dien Chau) receive mouse traps provided by the commune. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
Faced with the problem of rats destroying crops, especially spring rice, in early March, farmers in Dien Chau district simultaneously received crescent traps to kill rats.
Mr. Tran Dinh Tu - Vice Chairman of Dien Phuc Commune People's Committee said: On the afternoon of March 5, the locality received 1,020 crescent-shaped rat traps provided by the district and distributed them to hamlets to simultaneously kill rats in the fields and protect spring rice.
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Crescent traps are being used to kill rats. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
To help people know how to use traps safely and effectively, hamlets send rat extermination teams to the commune hall to train them on how to set bait and traps...
Accordingly, starting from the evening of March 5, Dien Phuc commune launched a campaign to kill rats. In addition to using crescent traps, people also use biological bait to lure and kill rats.
Mr. Le The Hieu - Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Dien Chau district said: On this occasion, the district launched a campaign to kill rats to protect crops. The district used 260 million VND from the budget to buy 52 thousand crescent traps and distributed them to localities in the district to kill rats.
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A mouse caught in a crescent trap. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
Dien Chau district currently has 13,500 hectares of crops and spring rice. Accordingly, each hectare of crop will have 4-5 traps. Thus, in this nationwide campaign to eradicate rats, half-moon traps are spread evenly across Dien Chau's agricultural land to catch rats. This is a way to eradicate rats that ensures safety for the environment and livestock, and is effective, so it has been well received by farmers./.
