Reducing rats is possible, but the answer isn’t about killing the rats.
Rats are a community problem, and one that requires a community solution. As urban rodentologist Michael Parsons notes, rats need three things—Water is, honestly, beyond anyone’s control. It runs beneath the city, through sewers and pools and storm drains. Food and shelter, however, can be tackled, if the city has the will. Cutting back leafy undergrowth—where rats like to hide their burrows—can cut down on rat real estate in some areas.
But the biggest change needs to be in the garbage. For a rodent who can chew through concrete, the plastic of a trash bag on the sidewalk is just an appetizer. Hard-sided trash cans with tight-fitting lids go much further toward deterring rats . Better yet, the city could invest in a method known as containerization—large, metal containers that take up a parking space. People store trash in those containers until they can be picked up.
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