A short video on TikTok is causing a stir. It shows a mouse making itself at home in the bread section of the Coop store in Thun in canton Bern.
The store has confirmed the video and says measures have already been taken to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
The Federal Office of the Environment says rodents can spread disease and recommends food store block all possible entrances. It points out a mouse needs a hole the size of a pencil to get in.
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