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New York subway

Rats, Ferrets, Bed-bugs and other Hitch-hiking Pests

Alicia for rentokil.ie | March 23, 2011
The news today reported a ferret had been caught at the end of the line, without a ticket. Micky, the adventure-seeking ferret, was caught red-handed disembarking at an Edinburgh station. Station staff caught the friendly ferret which is now being cared for by the Scottish SPCA. The animal charity is urging his owner to come forward. Insp Jenny [...]

Rats Arent Winning The Rat Race

Lynn for jcehrlich.com | November 20, 2009
After writing a post recently responding to comments that rats are literally overrunning our major US cities, I got curious. I know what my respected colleagues at D-Con said, but statistics and predictions don’t always tell the whole truth.  It occurred to me that we have local service offices in many of those major cities [...]