Rat invasion is causing serious problems in many Hungarian cities
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Authorities across the country and in many districts of Budapest are struggling to keep up with the growing rat population, and the peaks are only expected to hit in the coming weeks.
Several major cities from all parts of Hungary have reported sightings of rats in the street and in private areas, writes Nlc. These rodents cause lots of trouble throughout the year, but October is considered a peak season in their reproduction, besides April and May. As a pest control told Blikk,
“If you see a rat somewhere, it probably means that there are many more in that area. Rats usually give birth to 9–10 pups at a time.”
It has been several weeks now that cities like Esztergom, Miskolc, and Nagykőrös have been suffering from an unusual volume of the rat population. Authorities in the city of Győr, for example, even had to perform emergency extermination in September.
In Budapest, the phenomenon is a long-standing problem. The most problematic areas are usually in the city centre (the latest sightings are from Deák Ferenc Square and Jászai Mari Square), but peripheral areas such as District 18 are also affected.
Since rats can chew through concrete, I don’t think that the suggestion of mosquito nets is very helpful at all.
A more humane and intelligent way of controlling the population is to make them sterile, which can be done through food. Thousands of poisoned animal (inhumane dead filled with suffering) corpses rotting everywhere is not a solution, it’s madness!
#Ni Soares: That solution would be too intelligent here.