rats
Kind-hearted woman discovers the hard way that rats multiply like rabbits
By adamg - 1/27/12 - 5:17 pm
Rat awaits exam at MSPCA-Angell.The MSPCA reports a Cape woman who bought two rats at a pet store to keep them from becoming snake snacks showed up at Angell Memorial in Jamaica Plain today with 69 more rats than she started out with.
The MSPCA reports all 71 rats are in good shape and that it is now looking for homes for them - so presumably that hipster lady with the Red Line snake need not apply.
Snow good for rat tracking
By adamg - 1/17/12 - 8:23 amCambridge City Councilor Minka vanBeuzekom tweets this morning:
After light snow best time 2 see urban animal tracks - like rats. Do you have any?
Citizen complaint of the day: The sidewalk-destroying rats of Beacon Hill
By adamg - 10/23/11 - 4:08 pmA concerned citizen reports rats are undermining the very brick sidewalks that help give Beacon Hill its charm, with a photo of their dirty work on Hancock Street:
Large hole in sidewalk. Made by rats. Very dangerous.
Ed. Question: Say, you don't think there's a warren of them living under the Big Dig, do you?
And April showers bring rats, lots and lots of rats
By adamg - 4/24/11 - 9:22 amThe Herald reports April is prime rat-birthing time and that means city rat fighters are out in force.
City tries to stop invasion of Dot rats
By adamg - 4/7/11 - 6:55 amThe Dorchester Reporter gets all Willard on us with a report out of Ashmont.
Rats: How did this Somerville film get passed by at Oscar time?
By adamg - 3/21/11 - 10:07 pmVia Carol Merletti.
Maybe the Cheese Man could help with the traps
By adamg - 3/31/10 - 7:47 amThe Globe profiles the North End's new anti-Willard, a city worker with a knack for rat eradication.
Rats: Boston abandons idea of limiting hours trash can be on the street
By adamg - 3/18/10 - 2:13 pmMatt Conti reports a proposal that would have limited North End residents to 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. for putting out trash died because the city and the contractor couldn't work out the union and contract changes that would have required. Councilor Sal LaMattina initially proposed the idea as a way of reducing the hours during which rats can gorge themselves silly on neighborhood garbage - residents can now put their trash out as early as 5 p.m. the night before each of the neighborhood's three-times-a-week pickups.
City councilor calling slobs in the North End
By adamg - 11/19/09 - 9:10 amNorthEndWaterfront.com reports on a two-hour neighborhood meeting about trash and rats; says Councilor LaMattina has made some calls to particularly offensive property owners to get them to clean up their property. Other offenders get a "Letter from the Councilor" with tips on making their refuse less rat-happy.
Roost-ruling rats run rampant
By adamg - 11/5/09 - 1:16 pmYa know, we haven't had a good horrifying rat story recently. Chris Faraone to the rescue, with a look at Boston's rat rampage, from the North End to Allston/Brighton. With bonus fun fact on how male rates mate with up to 20 other rats a day.
