Article: DON'T PANIC ..BUT IT'S A BOOM TIME FOR TOWN RATS; Dirty rodents on the rise across Scotland.(News)

Article: BROWN RATS FOUND TO CARRY BACTERIA THAT CAN CAUSE ...
The Hindustan Times;  November 24, 2008 ;     693 words ... ... ANI): A new study suggests that brown rats, the biggest and most common rats in ... that live on gerbils, cotton rats and brown rats. "We analysed bacteria found in Rattus ... taken from 58 rodents, including 53 brown rats, 2 mice (Mus musculus) and 3 black ...

Article: Brown rats found to carry bacteria that can cause ...
Asian News International;  December 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... 24 (ANI): A new study suggests that brown rats, the biggest and most common rats in ... that live on gerbils, cotton rats and brown rats. We analysed bacteria found in Rattus ... taken from 58 rodents, including 53 brown rats, 2 mice (Mus musculus) and 3 black ...

Article: With brown rats on the march,a homeowner turns to ...
Daily Breeze;  December 21, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... from our towering red bougainvillea, we noticed a parade of brown rats scaling the fence from a neighboring yard. Initially, I ... desperation, I contacted a pest control expert. He told me that brown rats are taking over in the area where we live and will probably ...

Article: Writing a note to the Brown rats
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  January 15, 2007 ;     445 words ... ... of hen's eggs found in an adjoining allotment's soil, though the chickens had not got out from their well-made run. Brown rats, I reckon; they'll take eggs and bury them for a pastime. One gardener tells me he found eight in his potato patch ...

Article: Climbers to rid seabird haven of brown rats
The Sunday Telegraph London;  January 5, 1997 ;     489 words ...A TEAM of climbers is being recruited to abseil the rocky cliffs of a Scottish island to destroy rats that are threatening the seabird population. Abseilers will put poison in burrows and holes in the cliff to try to rid Handa island, off the west coast of Sutherland, of the brown rat. The Scottish

Article: RAT ATTACK; Scotland facing vermin plague within two ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  February 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Byline: By John Ferguson SCOTLAND could become infested ... found the number of brown rats north of the border ... per cent increase in Scotland. Barrie Sheard, chairman ... in length. # FEMALE brown rats can give birth to 40 ... RODENTS ON THE RISE Scotland Brown rat 13% Summer ...

Article: On The Spot: Mark Adderley, Chief executive, National Trust for ...
Scotland on Sunday;  February 17, 2008 ;     542 words ... ... had to deal with 10,000 brown rats at a cost of GBP 600,000 ... does the National Trust for Scotland continue to lease Bute House ... favourite National Trust for Scotland property? Sarah Leith, by ... preserve a piece of contemporary Scotland for future generations? Does ...