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Tokyo rat population dilemma for elderly
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Tokyo rat population dilemma for elderly
The number of rats in Tokyo is surging, but it’s their choice of abode that is most worrying to city officials: the long-tailed rodents appear to prefer homes occupied by the elderly.
The problem has prompted the city to launch a probe into how rodents affect elderly people. “Rats are rampant, particularly in the homes of elderly people living alone,” one Tokyo metropolitan government official said yesterday. “We have to do something about this because most of the elderly people can’t cope with it by themselves.” Tokyo officials said they had received 17,388 complaints – many from the elderly – about rats in the 12 months to March 2004, a jump from 10,000 five years ago.
The officials said rats tended to find their niche in homes where elderly people live because food is often left out.
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