New Hampshire shelter faces ‘enormous’ breeding problem after man surrenders nearly 1,000 mice

When an overwhelmed man came to a New Hampshire animal shelter last week hoping to surrender 150 mice, shelter employees were ready to assist. He later clarified he had 150 containers of mice.

When an overwhelmed man came to a New Hampshire animal shelter last week hoping to surrender 150 mice, shelter employees were ready to assist. But now, the shelter is facing an “enormous” breeding problem, the director said – because the man didn’t have just 150 mice. He had 150 containers of mice. “When he first arrived, he said he had 150 mice,” said Lisa Dennison, executive director of the New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The man later clarified that he had 150 tanks with mice in them. The situation has spiraled out of control due to rapid breeding, creating a substantial problem for the homeowner and the local shelter. “The breeding of the mice has just created this enormous problem for him,” Dennison told CNN on Sunday. The man brought three large plastic tubs containing 73 mice to the shelter last Monday, “overwhelmed by the sheer number of mice in his possession,” NHSPCA said in a news release. As the week progressed, NHSPCA staff continued to make trips to his home, filling vans with additional tubs of mice. The shelter now has nearly 1,000 mice.