"Boston gets aggressive about Fenway rat infestation" by Martine Powers | Globe Staff, August 09, 2012
Foot-long rats — hordes of them....
A foot long, not including their tails....
John Meaney, director of environmental services for Boston, said the city became aware of the problem when inspectors noticed rats scurrying in and out of both ends of the alley. The Inspection Department also received complaints from residents. City officials traced those traveling rats back to their source in the alley.
The Inspectional Services Department had been aware of a rat infestation problem in June, Meaney said, and served abatements demanding that the two property owners hire a pest control company. The property owners initially followed those orders, Meaney said, but do not appear to have kept the exterminators coming.
“They’ve got control of these two pieces of property like you wouldn’t believe,” Meaney said.
Meaney said inspectors have not determined if the rats have compromised the building’s foundation. If the owners do not act to rid the area of rats, Meaney said, they may be fined as much as $350 per day....
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