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Mouse House Mouse Breeding Operation Pits Neighbors Against Government Zoning Officials
Sunday, September 16, 2012 13:42
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The Area Plan Commission has denied a rezoning petition filed by a rodent-breeding facility in northern Vanderburgh County, but the facility’s owner said he doesn’t intend to shut down his business as a result.
The Darmstadt Road business, called The Mouse House, supplies feeder mice and rats that are sold to pet stores and zoos as food for other animals. The Mouse House breeds, kills and packages the mice on site.
Business owners Dennis and Deborah Bittner had sought to rezone 3.7 acres of their property from agricultural and commercial to industrial. That request was denied unanimously at Thursday’s Area Plan Commission meeting. READ MORE ABOUT THE MOUSE HOUSE
