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LA Now The ‘City Of Rats’? Report Warns Of ‘Alarming Increase’ In Rodent Population
cbs2la ^ | 07/16/2019

Posted on 07/16/2019 5:36:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin

“California is being overrun by rodents – and without immediate emergency action by state and local government, we face significant economic costs and risk a public health crisis,” said Carl DeMaio, chairman of Reform California, at a news conference Tuesday at City Hall in downtown Los Angeles.

DeMaio highlighted the findings of the group’s new report which cited an increase in the state’s homeless population, along with elimination of the most effective pest control tools, as “significant” factors on the ongoing crisis.

The study surveyed nearly two dozen private pest control companies that operate throughout California and found all of them reported that Rat Service Requests were up “substantially” in the last 12 months.

Pest control professionals and sanitation workers told the survey team they observed an “alarming increase” in Norway rats moving around during the day, behavior that experts described as “highly abnormal”.

(Excerpt) Read more at losangeles.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: US: California
KEYWORDS: bluezones; california; disease; losangeles; pests; publichealth; rats; urban; vermin
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1 posted on 07/16/2019 5:36:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

PETA has a rats are people too radio ad campaign. Don’t usee glue traps, their lives are just as sacred to their rat families...

Not joking


2 posted on 07/16/2019 5:40:01 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: BenLurkin

Willard (2003)


3 posted on 07/16/2019 5:40:08 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: BenLurkin

Just introduce a bunch of snakes. Perfect image of dem California


4 posted on 07/16/2019 5:41:58 PM PDT by Track9
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To: BenLurkin

It seems LA and NY are mirror images of each other.

Fascinating.

Up to and including the four foot and two foot variety of RATS.


5 posted on 07/16/2019 5:43:13 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: BenLurkin

[“California is being overrun by rodents”]

Seems to me the only solutions to this are:

1) Import more illegal aliens
2) Raise taxes

(oh, sorry, I thought I was a Democrat for a second there....)


6 posted on 07/16/2019 5:46:41 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: BenLurkin
It's only a matter of time until cholera breaks out.
7 posted on 07/16/2019 5:46:57 PM PDT by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong.)
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To: BenLurkin

With theDemonRAT party in charge what could you expect?


8 posted on 07/16/2019 5:50:26 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Nateman; null and void

Or worse. Remember New Mexico and the hantavirus?


9 posted on 07/16/2019 5:50:38 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: fella

This isn’t news. The Rats are in charge here.


10 posted on 07/16/2019 5:53:56 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: BenLurkin

I knew this was going to happen once the socialist “democrats” decided to encourage more “caravan invaders” to jump the border.


11 posted on 07/16/2019 6:04:00 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: BenLurkin

............. and the Cal legislature is considering banning the most effective rat poisoning despite testimony from leading exterminators


12 posted on 07/16/2019 6:05:54 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report, Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: BenLurkin

Los Raton


13 posted on 07/16/2019 6:06:02 PM PDT by nevadapatriot
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To: morphing libertarian

source, John and Ken KFI radio LA this afternoon.


14 posted on 07/16/2019 6:06:31 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report, Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: BenLurkin

No one saw this coming. /s


15 posted on 07/16/2019 6:07:23 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Nateman

California will be the epicenter of the new bubonic plague (yersina pestis). Is thiss how Californizwill kill half the population of Ameerica as what happened in Europe? A land full of feces with rats frollicking free and a few limousine Liberals driving around and never having to come in contact with the stuf. That is America’s future when or if the Democrats take over.


16 posted on 07/16/2019 6:08:44 PM PDT by Stepan12 (potusm)
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To: BenLurkin

LA is the city of Demon Rats. Spread the word.


17 posted on 07/16/2019 6:12:49 PM PDT by Beagle8U (It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame.)
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> sanitation workers told the survey team they observed an “alarming increase” in Norway rats <

The solution is simple. Deport all illegal aliens who come from Norway.

Why do I always have to think of everything?


18 posted on 07/16/2019 6:15:46 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: BenLurkin

Rat lives matter.


19 posted on 07/16/2019 6:20:01 PM PDT by Trumpnado2016 (Welcome to Trump World.)
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To: BenLurkin

You get what you vote for.


20 posted on 07/16/2019 6:20:31 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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