"Perfect rat storm": Toronto, Ottawa seek ways to fight increasingly visible rodents

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21 күн бұрын

Efforts are underway to combat growing rat populations in two of Ontario’s largest cities, as the rodents that typically lurk underground become more visible thanks to a combination of construction and climate change.
In Toronto, the municipality’s infrastructure committee recently adopted a motion asking city council to direct staff to craft an “action plan” to reduce rats in the city.
In Ottawa, the city is exploring a form of rat birth control that is not yet legal in Canada. Local council recently supported a motion that asks Health Canada to expedite the review of a product called ContraPest, which is already being deployed in Seattle.
Global's Matthew Bingley has the details.
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@tertur2957 21 күн бұрын

Toronto can spend money on renaming streets but not on rat control which affects public health.

@edgar-edgarton 21 күн бұрын

Do you think there are too many rats in Ottawa and Toronto? Other people are calling them Liberals.

@ZenCorvus 21 күн бұрын

You need a team of rat terriers. People keep suggesting cats but people don't understand that City rats are usually pretty big and house cats usually don't want to fight them. That's why we have dog breeds that were 100% bred to do exactly this

@user-eo1vz9lt8g 21 күн бұрын

speaking or rats,,, why is there no more stories on the traitors in gov? Has that story disappeared so soon?

@makwahome 21 күн бұрын

Overpopulated government is the issue . They just get more visible

@alex784col8 21 күн бұрын

In OttawA, they just imposed garbage restrictions which will guarantee more garbage in the streets, effectively subsidizing rat infestations.

@TheThisissparta21 21 күн бұрын

There's plenty of rats in parliament lol!

@georgesimon6041 21 күн бұрын

Why would anyone be surprised. Wonder what has changed since 2015.

@toddsupraman7609 21 күн бұрын

They need to have rat patrols people as rat dogs they probably clean up the city with 1500 employees n dogs over a couple yrs

@ZenCorvus 21 күн бұрын

So far you're the only person out of all these articles on the subject that understand this

@mapofthesoultagme7143 21 күн бұрын

People should just let animals live in peace. The world doesn't only belong to humans

@teddyruxspin8480 21 күн бұрын

news flash people are animals

@Liberty_Tree 21 күн бұрын

Stop throwing garbage on the ground. Rats are simply cleaning up the mess we make. They aren't the problem, they're a symptom of us being the problem. But i understand. It's always easier shirk responsibility and blame something or someone else for our actions.

@deesmith6363 21 күн бұрын

It's our new arrivals. They toss whatever is in their hands on the ground when they're done with it, whether it be food, cups, wrappers etc .

@helenpauls1496 21 күн бұрын

@@deesmith6363Copying the residents already there, obviously.

@deesmith6363 21 күн бұрын

No. They're NOT. I live on PEI and there was never a garbage and rodent problem until we got inundated with third worlders that don't know what a garbage can is for, let alone how to sort garbage. There's no making excuses for them.