Alberta Agriculture has set up a toll-free number to report rats in an effort to keep the destructive rodents out of the province, CBC reports.
The toll-free number, 310-RATS (7287), lets people report sightings of the pest. The province prided itself for being rat-free for decades, but faced unusual infestations in southeastern Alberta in 2012 and last year.
Rat inspector Bruce Hamblin told CBC that municipalities are responsible for eradicating the varmints, but people sometimes don't know where to call to report a sighting.
Alberta focuses its rat-control efforts within a 29-kilometre-wide zone along the Saskatchewan boundary from the central Lloydminster area south to the U.S. border.
Municipalities along this corridor get special grants from the province to monitor the pests.
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Source: CBC.ca
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