Rat population ‘exploding’ near garbage enclosure at TCHC building, worries neighbours

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TheFixer: One account I found online says Toronto’s rat population has doubled in the past 10 years Other stories blame the widespread expansion of rats into residential areas on the closure of restaurants due to COVID-19, writes TOStarfixer

Guess who’s coming to dinner? Rats — lots of them — to feast on scraps that don’t make it into the bin at a garbage enclosure.

Less food scraps outside closed eateries means less to eat for rats, sending them further afield, including a garbage enclosure at the back of a Toronto Community Housing Corporation building on Flemington Road. Her emails included startling photos of dozens of holes about the size of tennis balls, in a grassy area on two sides of the enclosure.

I went there last week and saw the same holes as depicted in Robinson’s photos, but no rats emerged from them to greet me. A woman walking past saw me taking photos and said that if I hung around until dusk, I’d surely be rewarded with a photo of a rat.I sent a note to TCHC about the infestation and got a reply from spokesperson Bruce Malloch that said they were already taking steps to deal it. “We have an active rodent control plan in Lawrence Heights, as required under the city bylaw.

 

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