Hungry rats costing Brisbane car owners thousands in repairs – ABC News

Brisbane’s cooler months have prompted warnings that rats may be looking for a cosy place to wine and dine  such as your car engine.
Key points:

• Rats can produce thousands of offspring each year and breeding booms when the food supply is up
• The vermin can cause significant damage to cars because they like to gnaw on the wiring
• Experts warn that poison must be carefully placed in special housing to ensure it doesn’t harm other animals

One Holland Park resident, Tanya Wright, was recently hit with a…

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