Tuesday, May 7, 2019

'We're winning': how a Canadian province the size of France stays rat-free

Many Albertans have never actually seen a rat. Photograph: blickwinkel / Alamy/Alamy

From his base in rural Alberta, Phil Merrill has fielded phone calls from around the world. And whether they’re dialling him up from New Zealand or Ireland, the question is always the same: how do you get rid of rats?
For nearly 50 years, Merrill has been on the frontlines of a singular – and victorious – battle, transforming the western Canadian province into one of the world’s only rat-free jurisdictions...https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/15/alberta-rat-catcher-phil-merill-canada-pest-free

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