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A large rat feasts on leftover food scraps outside of the Burrard SkyTrain Station in Vancouver in February 2024. Cities everywhere, including in Canada, are tackling growing rat problems. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

The politics of city rats: What urban rodents tell us about housing and sanitation

Christine Yanagawa, Simon Fraser University and Kaylee Byers, University of British Columbia; Simon Fraser University

Why have cities had so little success in reducing rat numbers? It’s usually because they’re failing to address the larger social services issues that allow rats to thrive.

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