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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — “Diabolically clever animals.”
That’s how rats were described by some of the world’s top rodent experts at Boston’s second annual National Urban Rat Summit, a two-day event where researchers and professionals from around the world learn and teach strategies to reduce rat populations in cities.
Areas of focus this at this year’s conference include cross-agency collaboration, green space management and community engagement.
Boston considers itself a leader in rat mitigation efforts. Tania Del Rio, commissioner of Boston’s Inspectional Services Department, said the summit was an exciting time to bring people together on the issue.
“[We’re] talking about strategies to mitigate those populations so that we can keep everybody in our city safe, healthy and hopefully away from rodents,” Del Rio said. “Like our mayor says, we want Boston to be a home for everyone, except for rats.”
WBZ NewsRadio’s James Rojas (@JamesRojas.bsky.social) reports.