Rat infestations cause overwhelming dilemmas including the most famous rat infestation of all time, the black death. In addition, Rats can carry overwhelming diseases such as the one that caused the black death. This article conveys that rat infestations are when rats swarm human populations by the thousands, the dangers rats have to human populations, and this is causing a response of multiple rat prevention techniques. First rat infestations occur because of the lack of food in the wild. For example, “...swarms of hungry pests, is caused by a glut in the food supply…”(source 2). This states that the food supply in the wild is decreasing so the rats are invading human inhabited places. In addition, this also states that, the rats are being forced to go into populated places because the food in there habitat is running drastically low. Another example of why rats o into human population is, “Recent cold weather and flooding is believed to have led the disease-carrying rodents to shelter indoors”(source 1).
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For example, “‘Rats and mice eat and contaminate human, pet and livestock foods’”(source 3). This shows that rats and mice can transfer diseases into the food that people eat. In addition, rats can also transfer diseases to animals due to their reputation for disease carrying abilities. Another example would be, “They also destroy property by chewing wires, which may cause fires, as well as gnaw pipes, chew water hoses and damage wood doors, floors, walls, clothing and furniture”(source 3). This explains that because rats can cause fires they can drive themselves out of their own habitat by starting a forest fire. Moreover, rays can cause the electricity to go out of houses or make pluming sources give way with the owner of the house have no idea what is was that caused there house to be flooded to catch on fire. To summarize, rats can devastate the wild as well as
For example, “‘Rats and mice eat and contaminate human, pet and livestock foods’”(source 3). This shows that rats and mice can transfer diseases into the food that people eat. In addition, rats can also transfer diseases to animals due to their reputation for disease carrying abilities. Another example would be, “They also destroy property by chewing wires, which may cause fires, as well as gnaw pipes, chew water hoses and damage wood doors, floors, walls, clothing and furniture”(source 3). This explains that because rats can cause fires they can drive themselves out of their own habitat by starting a forest fire. Moreover, rays can cause the electricity to go out of houses or make pluming sources give way with the owner of the house have no idea what is was that caused there house to be flooded to catch on fire. To summarize, rats can devastate the wild as well as