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Don’t receive shipments of goods from out of province then. Vermin get transported in packaging easily.
by mc32 4mo ago
Don’t receive shipments of goods from out of province then. Vermin get transported in packaging easily.
- llm_nerd 4mo agoAlberta of course has rats. Short of being a hermit nation with impassable borders, the alternative is impossible. But they maintain such a critically low number through aggressive, non-stop actions that we declare it "rat free", though that's a misnomer. Similar to the measles free status doesn't actually mean measles free, but rather that it isn't spreading uncontrolled. Though as someone who lives in Ontario, I just wanted to add that I've never seen a vermin rat in my life in this province. Not in Toronto or its subways, not on its streets, nor in various other cities throughout the province. I've seen mice, of course, but never rats. I know they exist here, but someone having not experienced them doesn't mean much.
- y2244 4mo agoThis bit made me laugh But wild rats are rare. Albertans have grown so unaccustomed to rats that they frequently mistake squirrels, gophers, and other small animals for them: of the 875 reported sightings in 2025, only 47 turned out to be actual rats.
- functionmouse 4mo agoI bet most of those were rats
- ddarolfi 4mo agoI've seen plenty of rats in Toronto. I used to live around Chinatown and I could practically punt a rat just walking out my door at night.
- freediddy 4mo agoI lived in Chinatown in Toronto (College and Spadina) and I saw a rat the size of a cat running around the inside of a Chinese supermarket around 2am when I was walking around at night during my university years. I also saw smaller rats and roaches running around Chinese restaurants as well.
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- soperj 4mo agowhere in Toronto did you live? Definitely not my experience. Lived at Spadina & Dundas.