Lockdown has made London a boomtown for rats
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Worsening rat problem sparks plea to bring back service for homes facing total misery
Middlesbrough Council dropped its pest control services to private homes years ago - and now councillors want to see whether it can be brought back
14:48, 24 FEB 2021
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A pest control service for private homes should be brought back to deal with Middlesbrough’s “worsening” rat problem.
Last modified on Tue 9 Feb 2021 07.37 EST
An empty office building is a good place to shelter if you’re a rat in a crisis. It will be warm and dry and, if you’re lucky, one of the humans who hastily vacated before the last coronavirus lockdown will have left a half-eaten Pret flapjack in a drawer for you. Not that you’re fussy. The loss of your usual diet of commuter leftovers is a blow, but it’s not insurmountable. “Rats will always find something to eat,” says Richard Ashley, emeritus professor of urban water at the University of Sheffield. “Human waste is ideal, but any natural organic material will do. Houseplants are fine. Leather will do at a push.”