Too many rats? Birth control is one city's answer
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In Somerville, Massachusetts just outside of Boston, everyone has a horror story about the rats.
Adeline Lining says they ruined Christmas for her last year. She had received a delivery of Bartlett pears.
"They were on my porch for two hours," she says. "And then my neighbor texted me a picture and was like, 'You probably don't want these anymore.' No, I don't want them anymore because there were rats inside the box feasting on my Christmas pears. They are directly responsible for ruining Christmas," she says.
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Then there's Donine Williams who says that a couple years back, rats got under her deck, chewed through the subfloor, and nested in the insulation.
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