Animals|The city will now be contacted weekly about rat sightings, the city of Turku’s press release says.
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An exceptionally large number of rats have been observed in Turku this year, says the city of Turku in its press release.
For example, construction and deficiencies in compliance with composting guidelines may have increased the number of rat sightings.
The city says it is fighting rats in public areas and adding rodent-proof trash cans.
City dwellers are asked, for example, to follow composting instructions and dispose of garden waste correctly.
In Turku an extraordinary number of observations of rats have been made this year. The city of Turku announced this on Wednesday in the bulletin.
HS Turku told in August from the rats running wild in the castle park of Turku. At that time, the city of Turku had been notified of sightings at least from the area of Pääskyvuori, the direction of Numme and Itäharju, Runosmäki, Raunistula and the area of the eastern center.
According to a recent announcement, townspeople now receive weekly calls about rat sightings.
Town’s the leading health inspector Jaana Annusen according to the increase in observations, there can be numerous reasons behind it. The construction of new residential areas has caused rat populations to move, and limiting the use of rat poisons to professionals only in 2018 may still affect the number of sightings.
“Also, there may still be more to learn when it comes to complying with the biowaste composting obligation and composting,” Annunen says in the announcement.
Turku the city says that it is carrying out prevention work in public areas, for example, based on notifications from city residents. Rat sightings in public places are requested to be reported to the city’s feedback service.
In addition, the city says it will react to the situation by increasing the number of rodent-proof trash cans in the city area.
Pest control is carried out in cooperation with different operators, such as Turku Vesihuolto, the release states.
However, according to the findings, the populations of rats living in the sewers have not increased recently, says the maintenance manager of Turku Vesihuolto Petri Ahti in the bulletin.
Ahti reminds that in order to prevent rats from finding their way into the sewers, food scraps and cooking fats must not be poured into the sewers.
City dwellers is asked in the announcement to prevent the spread of the rat problem with various measures.
Turku residents are asked, among other things, to follow the composting instructions and dispose of garden waste appropriately. Garden waste should not be taken to the forest or terrain.
In addition, city dwellers are urged, for example, to pay attention to precision in the winter feeding of birds and to take care of and protect their waste containers.
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