Rat found in city’s southeast
Posted Jan 5, 2013 9:25 am.
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A southeast Calgary man says he caught a rat in his garage in New Brighton this week.
After seeing pictures of the dead rodent, the province’s top rat catcher tells the Calgary Sun, it appears to be a roof rat.
Phil Merrill says that type is the underdog to the more popular Norway rat but, like any of them, it’s still a potential threat to humans.
Though the rodent may have come in on a transport truck officials will be investigating whether there are any more nearby.
The home where the rat was found is just blocks away from a city landfill.
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