They found a rat in Alberta, imported from BC

[French Castanut]

end of the world. Montreal has millions of rats and they found *1* in Alberta.

The picture also look photoshopped. What's your opinion on the article/picture?

Either way, it appears the rodent Dan Reiter said he found in his garage this week is indeed a rat.

Phil Merrill, Alberta's top rat catcher, said several photographs of the rodent caught rooting about Reiter's Calgary garage appears to be a roof rat.

He suspects it likely came from Vancouver and hopes it didn't have company.

Source: http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/ca ... 04459.html

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[Phoenix Within]

Alberta is a rat-free province and has been since the 1950's. Google it.

[oneh2obabe]

Medicine Hat — The Canadian Press
Published Wednesday, Aug. 15 2012, 7:06 PM EDT
Last updated Thursday, Aug. 16 2012, 1:58 PM EDT

Alberta Agriculture Minister Verlyn Olson announced the discovery of the colony of 19 rats during a news conference Wednesday at the Medicine Hat regional landfill.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nat ... le4483243/

[Phoenix Within]

Alberta even has a "Rat Patrol".

[theyeti]

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[the truth]

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[French Castanut]

This thread has bean cleaned up like the rats in Alberta

[Ken7]

This thread has bean cleaned up like the rats in Alberta

I think we have a differant variety here on this forum....

Interesting enough, I wonder if Alberta constantly baits for rats (Trap) to see if they have this issuee under control. If you see a rat, there are many more!

Poison can be eaten by mice or rats, as it is the same bait. It would be interesting to know.

[juz516]

Lived in AB for a lot of years.....and only ever saw/heard of one rat in all that time.

[French Castanut]

And I lived in Quebec for years, and I only saw one in my lifetime... A baby rat I purchased as a pet. But then the smell was so bad I got rid of it a couple weeks later.

Did I mention there are millions of rats in Quebec?

[Relentless]

There are plenty of rats in trappers cabins in the foothills/mountains of Alberta.
Alberta may be free of rats in local areas, but is not rat free.
A trapper from Cadomin Alberta had me hold on to one pitch fork while he stabbed a rat behind the woodpile in his cabin. He has been a trapper for decades and has not once visited his cabin without killing a rat.

Other trappers have told me the same thing.
They also laugh when they hear that Alberta is Rat Free.

[theyeti]

isnt that interesting . do they just mean the farmland then is rat free ??