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Rats relocating: rodents spread out from landfill in Medicine Hat, Alta.

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Rats relocating: rodents spread out from landfill in Medicine Hat, Alta.

MEDICINE HAT, Caanada – An official for Medicine Hat in southeastern Alberta says the rat population found in the city’s landfill appears to be spreading to cushier digs.

Bylaw superintendent Fred Crittenden says the rodents are now being discovered in residential areas.

All appear to be the same species as the more than 80 Norway rats that have been found in the dump since earlier this month.

Crittenden says there have been dozens of complaints and 13 confirmed reports of the pests from different parts of the city.

Most, however, have been found in an area close to the South Saskatchewan River.

Crittenden says bait traps will be put up around the city.

(CHAT TV)

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