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Alberta’s ‘rat patrol’ ramps up operations as vermin makes inroads in province

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‘Rat-free’ Canadian province recently took a verminous hit when a dead rodent turned up in town of Bowden

For more than seven decades, residents of Alberta have shared something in common with Antarctica and the high Arctic: all locations are officially free of rats.

But on Thursday the Canadian province’s reputation as a firewall against rodent infestation took a hit when the town of Bowden announced the discovery of a dead rat and called on the province’s “rat patrol” to investigate.

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