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Rats! They're everywhere!
The rodent population has boomed thanks to the nesting and breeding spaces afforded to it during the pandemic. But what do we know — and what can be done — about rats, the most problematic of the mini-mammal gang? PETER FROST investigates
CHARLEY ALLAN reports from Clacton on Farage’s fears his by-election stunt has backfired
JEREMY CORBYN says we should never forget the horrific reality of nuclear weapons, or cease our efforts to rid the planet of them entirely
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The Claudia Sheinbaum government is no pushover and is holding firm despite US abuses of the relationship, says DAVID RABY
As we approach the grim anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, SIMON BARROW sounds the alarm over the dangerous and murderous direction our government is heading
RECENTLY I have heard from many friends and acquaintances about plagues of rats and mice. It seems that uncared for gardens, particularly unkempt compost heaps, spare parcels of land and disused or empty buildings are providing perfect breeding conditions for rats, mice and other rodents.
Just how many rats and mice there are isn’t ever easy to quantify. Counting populations of any of our native mammals isn’t easy except in one exceptional case.
We do have fairly accurate figures for one of Britain’s most numerous mammals and certainly the most destructive: there are just under 70 million human beings living here — and that includes you and me.
There are only just a few wild mammals that outnumber we humans and a dozen or so mammals get near that 70m human population figure.
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