Mutant Rats Pest Controllers "Rat Catchers" Call For Stronger Poison – Video

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Mutant Rats Pest Controllers "Rat Catchers" Call For Stronger Poison
Pest controllers are hoping to get approval to use stronger chemicals to tackle a growing population of poison-resistant rats.Rat catchers are asking for permission to use stronger poisons to deal with a plague of super rats that have developed resistance to common vermin control methods. The mutant brown rats, which carry life-threatening diseases, have been emerging from their traditional havens in sewers and ditches and taking refuge in people #39;s homes. The problem has been made worse by recent wet weather, which has driven hordes of rats from flooded drains. Some of the worst-hit areas are in the affluent home counties including Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxford and Henley-on-Thames, home to the Royal Regatta. The Health and Safety Executive has been running a consultation after poison manufacturers applied to use stronger poisons, including brodifacoum which is currently restricted to indoor use, to control the UK #39;s estimated 80 million rat population. Graham Chapple from Newbury-based Rapid Pest Control told Sky News: "They #39;re super rats in that they #39;ve genetically mutated and developed resistance to the poisons we currently use. "The recent wet weather and flooding we #39;ve had has seen them pushed out of the sewers and we #39;ve had a lot more calls about people seeing rats in the loft or spotting them during the day, which used to be relatively rare. "They #39;re just looking for somewhere safe to do what rats do, which is breed prolifically. "The mutations seem to be spreading ...From:Charlotte SparkleViews:0 0ratingsTime:00:16More inNews Politics

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