Nathaly Haeren has seen patios in Sydney collapse because brown rats have tunnelled under and created sinkholes. She’s been electrocuted in the roof of a house after they chewed through air conditioning wiring. She’s even visited a hairdresser where they’d gnawed a circle through double brick.Oh the pain, the pain. What do words actually mean? 🙄🤦‍♀️😱

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/13/the-whole-back-of-my-hilux-was-covered-in-rats-what-to-do-about-sydneys-growing-vermin-problem

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‘The whole back of my HiLux was covered in rats’: what to do about Sydney’s growing vermin problem?

Urban rat populations are booming across the world and the Australian city is no exception. Is the solution pesticide, conceding defeat – or more rats?

The Guardian