Two Toronto city councillors are asking staff to develop a rats reduction strategy by the latter half of next year to deal with infestations, but some say the problem needs immediate action.
A rat is seen in this undated photo. Two city councillors want an action plan to deal with rat infestation in the city.
She said while the problem has been ongoing for eight to ten years, it’s become worse because of increased construction in the area and the number of people littering food on the sidewalk. Along with Etobicoke-Lakeshore City Councillor Amber Morley, the pair is proposing that the city develop the plan.
Bravo added that it’s also a priority to update animal services responses to dead rats, food and waste storage and disposal practices, and dealing with aging infrastructure because it can create breeding grounds. Orkin Canada said it receives more calls when developments begin, and there is a prevention piece to solving the problem because traps can go in before digging, but it agrees the strategy must go beyond construction.
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