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Toronto is losing the war on rats. Here's how it got so bad and what the city should be doing
It was the summer of 2018 and rats were everywhere: running across Bloor Street in broad daylight; nesting in residential neighbourhoods, under garages, sheds and home additions; swarming backyards where grass seed had been sprinkled. Rats were finding …