Pest experts in the UK have said that the country has been hit by an infestation of mutant super rats, which are not affected by poisons.
The claims were made after many Britons began posting photos and videos of the rodents openly running around the streets during the day, ravaging trash cans and invading homes. The head of a major London pest control company, PestGone Environmental, Mark Moseley, said the main reason for the invasion is the emergence of a new breed of rat that is almost invulnerable to poisons. “The main problem is that they are becoming resistant to poisons. The development of a new product will require 80-90 million pounds and will take a decade,” explained the specialist.
In addition, rodents are not only breeding, but also getting larger. Employees of his firm regularly catch rats the size of small cats – about a meter in length, counting the tail. Moseley believes that the problem is that their prey is increasingly becoming the waste of high-calorie food – chips, convenience foods and so on. Another reason for the rapid spread of rats is the irregular garbage disposal in many cities. For example, in Leeds, rodents invaded the territory of a large estate because of mountains of garbage, for which the city council had to apologize.
Moseley also stated that rats started behaving more brazenly during the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many buildings were left unattended for long periods of time and the rats set up nests there. At the same time, they began making more aggressive forays to residential structures as millions of people worked from home, which increased food waste. Experts from Rentokil, a company that controls pests in homes, claimed that the number of rats in Britain has increased by 6.4 percent since 2022 alone, with a total of 25 percent more in recent years.
One woman said the rodents had a habit of dragging bananas out of a fruit vase in her home at night. A man from Cornwall said rats have started infiltrating homes in his neighborhood, with one neighbor moving in after they crawled into her bed at night.
Residents in the resort town of Tenby in South Wales said it had been “invaded by a huge army of rats”. The rodents have taken up residence on a hill above the town and make regular raids on houses and dumps.
