The Mayor's War on Rats!

[bobobb.livejournal.com]

Apparently my house wasn't the only one to be hit by rats last year....and now the mayor has responded with a rather cool initiative.

http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/somerville/2013/11/somerville_mayor_declares_war_on_rats.html

"The city is preparing a new program to offer free rodent control for homeowners and aims to launch a uniform residential trash barrel program to help keep rats from eating out of trash cans."

Also apparently looking into rat birth control...

Comments

[theodosia.livejournal.com]

I saw a rat on my street this year, which is the first in over ten years. Given that there has to be a lot of rats before you actually see one, that's a significant data point.

We did have a short-lived mice problem in the house this summer/fall. Short-lived, literally, because cats.