Rat infestation grows in Adelaide CBD while few people are present, City Council to hire more pest controllers
With the people absent from the city, the rats have moved in and the Adelaide City Council is looking for help to clear them out.
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It’s not quite as cute as last week’s kangaroo bounding through Victoria Square but the lack of people in Adelaide’s CBD has led to another furry fiend taking to the streets in greater numbers – rats.
Adelaide City Council has confirmed it would need to employ more rat catchers to take care of the rodent infestation.
“We have had reports on increased sightings of rats in several areas around cafes, restaurants and some city squares,’’ the council’s associate director of public realm Garry Herdegen said.
The pictured rats were seen in Rundle Mall.
One witness told the Sunday Mail a “gang” of 30 rats were seen in Hindmarsh Square. Mr Herdegen said the council employed one pest technician for the CBD and Parklands but was “looking at engaging more pest-control contractors’’.
