Erica Newton, left, and Emily Sullivan unload hundreds of fancy mice at the New Hampshire SPCA which were surrendered earlier in the day, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, in Stratham, N.H.

STRATHAM, N.H. (AP) -- A group of mice is called a nest, but what do you call 1,000 of them in one animal shelter?

"Crippling," said Lisa Dennison, executive director of the New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which is scrambling to care for an overwhelming influx of rapidly reproducing rodents.

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