A free service to control rats in homes is to be introduced by Bolton Council. The decision was made after the authority said that since charges were introduced for domestic pest control, there had been a ‘noticeable decline’ in requests for rodent treatments at the same time problems with rats were getting worse.
“The pest control team also reported evidence of some residents using less costly methods of treatment that were ineffective when compared with industry standard methods. Evidence suggests that pest and vermin disproportionately affect the poorest sections of society, and the problem appears to have been exacerbated as a result of the costof living crisis with fewer residents contacting the service at a time when local indicators suggest the problem is worsening.
“When we are putting a fee on something nobody wants to take responsibility for we are creating a blame culture on who is responsible for the rats on our streets and this degrades our society. We literally have residents falling out with each other, not speaking to each other.”
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