City Council calls on health, sanitation departments to deal with rat infestation
Councilmember Anthony Phillips introduced the measure calling on city agencies to stop a growing rat infestation in Lower Northeast Philadelphia.
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Councilmember Anthony Phillips introduced the measure calling on city agencies to stop a growing rat infestation in Lower Northeast Philadelphia.
Philadelphia City Council on Thursday passed a resolution calling on city agencies get rid of a rat infestation in Lower Northeast Philly neighborhoods.
Residents say rats are a growing problem in Roxborough, and city health officials are paying attention.
Rats are a growing problem in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia, residents say. City officials say they are monitoring the situation.
CBS News Philadelphia went back to a South Philly neighborhood where residents are battling a rat infestation problem, something neighbors said continues to be an issue.
Residents in one South Philadelphia neighborhood are getting some help with what they are calling a rat infestation. A critter control company brought some rat terriers to help combat the rodents.
Residents of South Watts Street in South Philadelphia say a rat infestation is damaging their neighborhood — and their cars.
Residents of South Watts Street in South Philadelphia said they see rats running through the streets, and several said the critters have been getting into their cars, sometimes causing thousands of dollars in damage.
Researchers were able to attract "one of the world's rarest rodents" in their endangered habitat using glass oil lamps filled with sesame oil.
Rats in New York City are known to be bold.
Philadelphia police are looking for several suspects in what appears to be a case of rat retaliation.
