Fun fact: Alberta, a Canadian province with an area of 255,500 sq mi, has been rat free for more than 50 years.
What, they're stopped at the border? - Brent Schaus
I just read this article. It turns out, stopping them at the border is exactly what they do lol: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news... - Brent Schaus
Yep. I found out via this post in Not Always Working http://notalwaysworking.com/i-smell... - bentley
"Alberta rat hunters are aided in their policing efforts by features of the natural landscape: boreal forests in the north, the Rocky Mountains in the west, and vast prairie to the south (whose low human populations do not allow human-dependent rats to survive)." - I was wondering why BC rats didn't make the trip. - Ken Morley
LOL, there's a FaceBook group trying to legalize pet rats in Alberta. https://www.facebook.com/Legaliz... - Ken Morley