VERMIN such as rats will never be completely exterminated.
Our councillors who seem to think that a return to the middle ages is a good idea to save money should remember that rats played a prime role in spreading bubonic plague.
Equally serious diseases such as Leptospirosis, commonly known as Weil’s, can be present in the urine of rodents, particularly rats. Although in 90 per cent of cases it is no more serious than flu, it can kill.