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  • Tom Scott did a video a few years ago about New Zealand's attempt to eliminate rats by 2050.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcp1BfPUeOc

    The program is actually called "Predator Free 2050" and also aims to eliminate possums and stoats. No mention is made of Uruk-hai, orcs, or Balrogs.

    by staplung
  • There was a Joe Pera episode where they made a musical about this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LEJSMm1qpM.
    by johnsutor
  • One of the bonus features of the movie Ratatouille has a short video-game sequence about it: http://youtube.com/watch?v=-2xD9ShhMZU
    by jp_sc
  • I learned all about this from Joe Pera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LEJSMm1qpM
    by grahamburger
  • The Freakonomics podcast did a series on rats and their relationship to cities and humans and talked about Alberta's approach—it was really fascinating, I'd recommend it: https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/sympathy-for-the-rat
    by virgil_disgr4ce
  • I live in Alberta. No rats here. Also the ticks here don't spread Lyme disease.
    by mig39
  • A correction:

    "One mayor refused to cooperate because he thought the program was a distraction cooked up by the ruling United Conservative Party."

    The UCP was established in 2017 and has no relation to the Social Credit Party that controlled Alberta's legislature during the time period being spoken of.

    by beloch
  • > But it was easy to prove warfarin was safe: a pest control officer held a series of local meetings where he ate warfarin-treated rolled oats while discussing rat control.

    Got to love those live demos. Eating rat poison in front of the audience to prove it is safe!

    by dan353hehe

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