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Mice on parade

A PARADE of white mice in Lishui Town of Guangdong's Foshan City caused a stir yesterday. A man, identified as Li, had raised them in a deserted building but when he found they were difficult to sell, he released... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Tue, Jul 22 2008

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12 Jul 07 visit 2 Billion Mice  »  YouTube videoVideo from CCTV News,Floods brought the Dongting lake(Hunan, China) rised, approximately 2 billion mice moved away from dongting lake to Yiyang and Yueyang, about 2.2 million(90 ton) mice been killed.
13 Jul 07 visit Mass murder of mice not enough  »  Shanghai Daily ABOUT one million mice, up to 40 tons, have been poisoned to death in the past 20 days in the Dongting Lake area of central China's Hunan Province. However, authorities said the dead mice were not buried and their remains could be seen almost everywhere.
07 Jan 08 visit Live mice found on U.S. flight to China  »  People's Daily As many as eight dead and live mice were found on a United Airlines' (UA) flight from Washington to Beijing, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said here Monday. The UA reported to t ...
10 Jan 08 visit Good news on stowaway mice  »  Shanghai Daily MICE discovered on a United Airlines flight from Washington DC over the weekend were virus-free, China's quality watchdog said yesterday. Flight UA897, which connects the two capitals, got the green light to return to service as soon as test results...
10 Jan 08 visit But did they have valid visas?  »  Tim Johnson Some stowaways came aboard United Airlines flight 897 from Washington Dulles to Beijing last Sunday – eight mice, to be precise. Cleaning crews discovered the mice, and Chinese health authorities were summoned. They baited and set traps, and eventual...
10 Jul 07 visit 2 Billion Mice Poised to Overrun Hunan  »  china.org.cn An estimated 2 billion field mice are chomping their way hungrily through crops in 22 counties around the Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province after their homes on islands in the lake were flooded.

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