BLACK RATS RETURN
"ACROBATS" AGAIN IN LONDON. Black rats, which before the War had been * almost ehtirely driven frorii London by the grey Norway, or sewbr, rats, have Tetuimed ih 'lal-ge numbers. put of 18,000 rats caught in LoUdori by one firm of rat-catch'ers in the last 12 morith's, weli oVeU 16,000 were of the hlack, or ship,;species. , ' Black rats dre 'acrobats.' They edsily cross a str'eet on thick telephorie cahling; J,They can turri ri comblete somersault in the Uir, and "are fdnd of climbing fire-escapes. It,sis' important to keep top-floor windows in the'ciiy shut overhighf.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 340, 29 September 1932, Page 7
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96BLACK RATS RETURN Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 340, 29 September 1932, Page 7
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