'Cat-sized' rats have swarmed around a town in New Zealand
The rodents -- which have swarmed around shops and houses in the artsy west Auckland suburb of Titirangi -- have made headlines in New Zealand recently, where local media have described them as"cat-sized" and"brazen."Local reporter Don Rowe said he saw 30 to 40 rats within a 20-minute period when he went out to the area last week. "They were sort of writhing around in the brush and feasting on little bits of grain," he told CNN.
While some residents are concerned about the influx of rodents, others believed the rat plague has been overblown by those hoping to use it as an excuse to get rid of Titirangi's population of wild chickens -- or to justify the use of the pesticide 1080, which has been met with some opposition in New Zealand."There's not much you can do without wiping out anything that's scurrying around," Rowe said, referring to how using 1080 would also kill off the chicken population.
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