'Fortress Alberta' falls to rat infestation

[marmar]

from the Toronto Star:


Kaleigh Rogers
Staff Reporter


Rats have gnawed their way into “fortress Alberta,” chewing to shreds the province’s rat-free status and scratching up the confidence in their rat control program.

After a rat was discovered in Calgary on Friday, a true rat race began to heat up as officials increase efforts to eradicate the vermin. The sighting comes on the tail of a large infestation discovered in the Medicine Hat landfill that officials have been working to destroy since Aug. 9.

The Animal & Bylaw Services Department believes the rat in Calgary, discovered by a resident, may have been an escaped pet, but have been unable to confirm it.

The province has been virtually rat-free since the 1950s, when a rat control program was introduced in an effort to destroy the species before it destroyed Albertan agriculture. One species in particular, the Norway rat, can cause a great deal of damage to crops and property as well as carry disease. ...................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1243577--alberta-officials-cheesed-over-rat-infestation

[DonCoquixote]

1. Harper is the Alberta Rat

and he is the reason Canada is not so clean anymore.

[Proud Corporate Dem]

2. Now that is just sad.

[n2doc]

3. A few more years of climate change and the pythons will take care of the rats n/t