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New Orleans' Rat Fighters Go Beyond Baiting Traps

NPR | By Keith O'Brien
Published December 10, 2013 at 4:29 PM EST
A lot of it is just minor: closing up holes, taking the trash out before the last person left for the day. And from 2006 to today ... it's been amazing.
Claudia Riegel, director of rodent control, on fighting a New Orleans rat infestation

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