DALLAS - They nest in car engines and breed litters dozens strong under half-built subdivisions. A rat feeds at a Dumpster in downtown Dallas. Rich or poor, no area in North Texas is off-limits to rodent infestation, experts say. They make their way into mansions and big box stores and even burrow through the wood siding of homes.
Rats are perhaps the most uncanny and abhorred mammals on the planet. And they are on the move again in the nooks and crannies of Dallas and its suburbs
North Texans have battled rodents for years. But signs suggest the population is swelling. Wild swings in the weather, the destruction of habitats by new development and plentiful sources of food, water and shelter have driven rats into places across the region.
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Source: Dallas Morning News