steven
August 26th, 2006, 10:52 AM
The rat problem that is the scourge of the suburbs has reached Grand Island.
Sort of.
A county map that tracks rat complaints shows that, between Jan. 1 and Aug. 18, there were two complaints on the island.
Town Supervisor Peter McMahon isn't worried.
"We're really not having a problem here," he said. "[Rats] don't swim the river very well, and so they don't have the opportunity to spread here like they do from Buffalo to Tonawanda or from Buffalo to Cheektowaga."
His response raised some interesting questions: How did two rats get to Grand Island? Could they survive the swim across the Niagara River? Is it possible they scampered across the bridge?
Peter Tripi, the county's resident rat expert, said the critters might have hitched a ride. He said dump trucks loaded with garbage sometimes provide an easy and economical mode of transportation for them. And unlike other town residents, they don't have to pay a toll to get there.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060826/1047034.asp
Sort of.
A county map that tracks rat complaints shows that, between Jan. 1 and Aug. 18, there were two complaints on the island.
Town Supervisor Peter McMahon isn't worried.
"We're really not having a problem here," he said. "[Rats] don't swim the river very well, and so they don't have the opportunity to spread here like they do from Buffalo to Tonawanda or from Buffalo to Cheektowaga."
His response raised some interesting questions: How did two rats get to Grand Island? Could they survive the swim across the Niagara River? Is it possible they scampered across the bridge?
Peter Tripi, the county's resident rat expert, said the critters might have hitched a ride. He said dump trucks loaded with garbage sometimes provide an easy and economical mode of transportation for them. And unlike other town residents, they don't have to pay a toll to get there.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060826/1047034.asp