Call In The Pied Piper, Wisconsin City Has Major Rat Problem

It wouldn't seem like a city in Wisconsin would have a problem with rats but this place is getting overrun by them.

Wisconsin Town Has Major Rat Problem

I still remember the very first time I saw a real live rat out in public. I was taking the train to Wrigley Field for a Cubs game. My friends and I were waiting for the next one to arrive. We were at one of the underground stations downtown. There were a bunch of them running along the track.

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I knew there was a rat problem in Chicago but I had never seen them out in public like that. I did kind of freak me out at first but I figured that kind of thing happens in big cities. There are so many people and a lot of garbage, there isn't a lot they can do to stop it.

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I always thought that rats were a big city problem. I was surprised to find out that it's not. Smaller towns have rat issues too. In fact, there's a place in Wisconsin that has a serious situation with the rodents.

The residents of Waukesha have been trying to get the city's attention about their rat problem. One person killed twenty-one of them in just three days. That just sounds disgusting. The rodents are destroying homes and vehicles plus cause a serious health risk.

The city says it's the homeowners' problem to take care of. An exterminator says that something needs to be done on a larger scale before the rats take over the whole city. It makes me sick just thinking about it.

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