Rat infestation at Bukit Batok over: Pest controllers

SINGAPORE:The rat infestation episode at Bukit Batok seems to be over - according to Star Pest Control, which carried out the extermination process.

The second phase of the process, which focused on monitoring the situation in the area, ends on Wednesday (Jan 7).

Said Mr Bernard Chan, Manager at Star Pest Control: For the past two weeks, we have installed between 10 to 30 surveillance cameras on a few occasions, which can also work at night by using infra-red technology. With images that we have captured, we observed that there is no more rat activity.

Authorities had said earlier that the rat problem could be due to people feeding stray dogs in the area, and leaving food for the rodents to feast on. Some residents said that stray dogs can still be seen in the vicinity, but none were spotted when Channel NewsAsia visited Bukit Batok MRT on Tuesday afternoon.

Star Pest Control said it will continue to monitor the situation, but it does not believe that the infestation is likely to recur.

"We did observe that there are some feeders still feeding strays. However, we also see that the relevant authorities like AVA and NEA officers are around to advise the feeder. I think the situation definitely can get better. believe everyone is aware now. And everyone will be putting extra effort to ensure that this will not happen again, Mr Chan said.

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Rat infestation at Bukit Batok over: Pest controllers