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<DIV>We discovered some rat holes a while back. After
making inquiries we were able to obtain free rat poison packets from one of
the city offices, I think it was where the building inspector's office is some
where on Greenmount going north. It was a while ago and my spouse whose
memory is better than mine probably knows the exact office location. At
present she is viewing the Christo gates in New York but will be back to
chide and correct me (as well as charm, cook food and help me take care of the
animals) if I am wrong on this.</DIV>
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<DIV>The poison seeding procedure we use comes from some goverment
printout. You push the packets into the rat holes as deep as possible,
then you put in rocks, glass, cans, etc., and finally cover with dirt. The
theory is that the rat families are inside and then can't get out.
Planting rat poison with free access just attracts rats and there is a never
ending supply of those. A coordinated effort where all owners on an alley
investigate and take care of rat domains this way will make a dent in the rat
population. </DIV>
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<DIV>This happens from time to time but you need to have some one put the time
and energy into organizing. If we had a neighborhood organization which
promised benefits of some sort to our various districts, they could gather the
city information and available supplies - poisons, traps etc., and make them
available to the citizens. Maybe they do.</DIV>
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<DIV>Paul</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>