SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1284
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MAKE LIFE MORE DIFFICULT FOR RATS, PUBLIC URGED
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THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS LAUNCHED A TERRITORY-WIDE ANTI-PAT EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.
DURING THE MONTH-LONG CAMPAIGN, ANTI-RAT POSTERS, PAMPHLETS AND ADVISORY LETTERS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL BUILDING MANAGEMENTS, HOUSEHOLDERS, SCHOOLS, RESTAURANTS AND FOOD BUSINESS OPERATORS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT RATS ARE SELDOM HUNGRY
AND SHORT OF LIVING SPACE.
+THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO STOP RATS FROM MULTIPLYING IS TO STARVE THEM BY ELIMINATING THEIR SOURCES AND TO EVICT THEM FROM HIDING PLACES,+ HE SAID.
+FOR DESPITE THE ADVANCE OF SCIENCE, THERE IS STILL NO EFFECTIVE METHOD TO CURB RAT REPRODUCTION.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID A BUILDING THAT IS CLEAN AND WELL MAINTAINED KEEPS RATS AWAY AND BUILDING MANAGEMENTS SHOULD THEREFORE REGULARLY CLEAR ALL JUNK AND DISUSED ARTICLES FROM COMMON PARTS OF THEIR BUILDINGS.
A NEST OF RATS IN ANY COMMON PARTS OF BUILDINGS SUCH AS YARDS, STAIR LANDINGS AND ROOF SPACE MAY BECOME THE SOURCE OF RATS FOR MANY UNITS IN THE BUILDING, HE WARNED.
HE ALSO CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO MAKE LIFE MORE DIFFICULT FOR
RATS:
REMOVE SCRAPS AND REFUSE REGULARLY AT THE
END OF THE DAY BECAUSE RATS USUALLY COME OUT TO FEED AT NIGHT.
STORE FOOD IN RAT-PROOF CONTAINERS AS FOOD
CONTAMINATED BY RATS IS INJURIOUS TO HEALTH AND CREATES WASTAGE.
REPAIR ALL CRACKED PAVINGS, HOLES IN WALLS,
EXCESSIVE THRESHOLD CLEARANCE UNDER DOORS AND OTHER STRUCTURAL DEFECTS IN BUILDINGS TO STOP RAT
INFILTRATIONS.
DURING THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT HAD ELIMINATED MORE THAN 50 000 RATS IN SOME
100 ANTI-RODENT OPERATIONS IN THE URBAN AREAS.
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+S HOULD THE PUBLIC NEED ANY ADVICE OR ASSISTANCE ON RODENT CONTROL, THEY CAN CONTACT THE STAFF OF THE PEST CONTROL SECTION AT VARIOUS DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE URBAN SERVICES NEPARTMENT, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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