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    A COMPACT SOLUTION TO A BIG INFESTATION

    Mar 24, 2022 5 minutes

    I have never known a time when rats were more abundant. The farms where I am tasked with controlling these disease-spreading rodents seem to be suffering bigger and more frequent infestations each year. And their numbers are not just spiking in the winter – even after months of heavy shooting, rats are still lingering around the farmyards as spring advances.

    There are probably several reasons for rats doing so well, and I expect that one is related to farming practices providing them with plenty of food to sustain them through what should have been the most difficult months.

    I also think the rodents have benefited from the fact that times haven’t been as hard as they could be in terms of challenging weather. We have had a run of comparatively mild winters, and

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