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TAKE YOUR DOG TO WORK DAY!
By YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY OUR Dubbo Works section on page 12 this week features locals who work with dogs in a variety of surprising ways. We’re giving a nod to Take Your Dog to Work Day which kicked off in the USA 25 years ago, to raise
awareness about the benefits of your pet dog’s health and wellbeing by not being left home alone all day. Studies also show that pets in a workplace reduce staff stress and anxiety too, which can be a bonus on productivity. Of course, the novelty of Dubbo
Photo News’ staff pets, pictured left to right, Irish h Wolfhound “Monty” and Border Collie “Maple’, was completely distracting but we got away with going “gaga” over their visit sit d call it because we actually could “work”. PHOTOS: DUBBO PHOTO NEWS
RODENTS RIOT By JOHN RYAN
MICE have literally taken over the Wellington jail. The rapidly-breeding rodents have caused damage to internal wiring and ceiling panels and Corrective Services says removing as many staff and inmates as possible will expedite the remediation works. It’s a massive undertaking with up to 200 staff and 420 inmates at Wellington Correctional Centre set to be relocated to other prisons by the end of the month. Corrective Services NSW Commissioner Peter Severin
said temporarily scaling back operations at the centre was the best resolution to the challenges presented by the plague. “The health, safety and wellbeing of staff and inmates is our number one priority so it’s important for us to act now to carry out the vital remediation work,” Mr Severin said. “The staff at Wellington have done an incredibly good job in managing the effects of the mice plague, but we need to take this step now to ensure the site is thoroughly cleaned and infrastructure is repaired.” With so many people concentrated in a mostly closed envi-
ronment, human health issues could be a major concern n amid the possibility of rodent-borne infectious diseases being spread to humans. NSW Health warns that mice may carry infections that can spread to humans. s. These infections can spread ad through direct contact with infected mice or through contact with soil, food or water contaminated by infected mice. These infections are rare, but people should take steps to reduce their risk. Continued page 4
Wellington Correctional Centre may present a solid and unbreakable edifice from the outside, but thousands of tiny rodents have been able to infiltrate the facility and gnaw away at critical infrastructure from within. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED
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