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   From: chainsaw@doge.com   
      
   On 2/21/2025 3:12 PM, a425couple wrote:   
   > On 2/21/25 10:23, John Smyth wrote:   
   >> 'Could Los Angeles become the ‘rattiest’ city in the United States?'   
   >>   
   >>    
   >>   
   >> 'California is the only state to ban the most lethal type of rat poison,   
   >> so more rodents are living large these days, especially in Los Angeles.   
   >>   
   >> According to pest control experts, the rat population is booming, and   
   >> service calls are way up.   
   >>   
   > Simply amazing!   
   > Just how much are the citizens willing to put up with?   
      
   They elected Karen Bass as mayor didn't they?   
      
   Stupid people get what they vote for.   
      
   >> NewsNation headed out with rodent expert Louis Rico, and it took just 30   
   >> seconds for him to spot a rat burrow in someone’s front yard.   
   >>   
   >> The rodent residents were not home.   
   >>   
   >> Proponents had pushed for the ban on “anticoagulant rodenticides” to   
   >> protect pets and wildlife that might feed off toxic dead rats.   
   >>   
   >> When Gov. Gavin Newsom first signed the law, J.P. Rose, Urban Wildlands   
   >> policy director at the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a   
   >> statement that it was a “relief to know the deadliest rat poisons will   
   >> soon be off the market here.”   
   >>   
   >> “This important legislation shows why California is an environmental   
   >> leader. We’re willing to fight for wildlife protections,” Rose said in a   
   >> statement. “Birds, foxes and pumas shouldn’t be sacrificed every time   
   >> there’s a pest problem.”   
   >>   
   >> However, according to exterminators, other types of extermination   
   >> techniques just aren’t as effective as anticoagulant rodenticides.   
   >>   
   >> As a result, there has been a ballooning rodent population. Some say   
   >> this could lead to a potential public health crisis.   
   >>   
   >> Chicago has claimed the top spot as the United States’ rattiest city for   
   >> 10 years straight, and Los Angeles is at No. 2.   
   >>   
   >> New York City is ranked third in cities with the most rats. San   
   >> Francisco and Washington, D.C., round out the top five.   
      
   That's Democrat leadership for you.   
      
   >> The California rodenticide ban could mean a change is underway.   
   >>   
   >> “My prediction is that probably by the end of the year, we will become   
   >> the rattiest city in the United States, for sure,” Rico, owner of   
   >> American Rat Control in Los Angeles, said. “I’m wishing, hoping that we   
   >> can get some of the old rodenticide back. That really worked.”   
   >>   
   >> The Southern California wildfires are another factor in the booming rat   
   >> population.   
   >>   
   >> Many people were displaced during the deadly blaze, and rodents have   
   >> been as well, so many have made their way into surrounding communities.   
   >>   
   >> Rat sightings are up in San Francisco as well, prompting a column just   
   >> yesterday in SFist on whether that city needs a rat czar like the one in   
   >> New York City.   
   >>   
   >> In a single year, just two rats can produce thousands of offspring.   
   >> Female rats can start reproducing five weeks after birth, and each can   
   >> deliver litters of up to 12 every month.   
   >>   
   >> This is why many are pushing for more aggressive efforts in rat birth   
   >> control, along with higher public awareness to combat habits that   
   >> attract rats, like leaving out bird seed, pet food and garbage.'   
   >   
      
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