Mice populations booming around Vermont

BURLINGTON, Vt. – Exterminators around Vermont say business is much busier this year amid a suspected boom in the local mouse population.

The Vermont Department of Health does not keep track of the mouse population but said the rise in sightings makes sense. WCAX-TV reports state biologists say there was an uptick in seed production last year that most likely led to a boom in the mouse population around the state.

Biologist Scott Darling says seed production is down this year, so it’s likely the mouse population will fall next year.