<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I thought I saw a rat in my yard a few weeks ago and called dc rodent services, who made two checks and found no evidence of rats (corner of kentucky and east cap). I realized that it must have been a cat! 🐈⬛ <br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Sent from an iPhone, which tortures me with involuntary and incorrect auto-corrections.</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 20, 2023, at 12:43 PM, A. Larson <lalalarson88@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">If you can find the underground nest, the dry ice method works great.<div>I suspect it is the water main work and they are trying to get away from the noise and tremors.<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jun 20, 2023, at 11:07 AM, Mark Jordan <mark@markjordan.me> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks, Sandra. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">We are on that alley and we use rodent bait stations on our back yard. Just want to underscore your point that the only way we'll be successful is if there's a coordinated effort to exterminate existing and prevent the growth of the rat population in the alley. So anyone who is able to take some action, please do it on behalf of yourself and your neighbors. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks.</div><br><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Mark</div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 9:25 AM Sandra Moscoso-Mills <<a href="mailto:smoscosomills@hotmail.com" target="_blank">smoscosomills@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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We've noticed some new rat <span id="m_1620275885955099737m_7568603989297049663🐀">🐀</span> activity in our backyard and desperate to prevent rat-palooza. It's more effective if we all work together.</div>
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Grateful for your help with the following:</div>
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<li style="list-style-type:disc">If you have noticed rats/evidence of rats (burrows, droppings), please report it to 311 <a href="https://311.dc.gov/citizen/home" id="m_1620275885955099737m_7568603989297049663LPlnk145290" target="_blank">https://311.dc.gov/citizen/home</a></li><li style="list-style-type:disc">I am going to request an inspection from the Department of Health. If you are interested in requesting one as well, please sign the
<a href="https://dchealth.dc.gov/node/1267926" title="https://dchealth.dc.gov/node/1267926" id="m_1620275885955099737m_7568603989297049663LPNoLPOWALinkPreview" target="_blank">
Department of Health Rodent Control Service petition</a> (you'll have to leave your yard open on the day they come to inspect). I will come by this week to collect signatures.</li><li style="list-style-type:disc">Here are additional everyday strategies for preventing inadvertently inviting rodents: <a href="https://dchealth.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/doh/page_content/attachments/Residents%20Rat%20Riddance.pdf" id="m_1620275885955099737m_7568603989297049663LPlnk772679" target="_blank">https://dchealth.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/doh/page_content/attachments/Residents%20Rat%20Riddance.pdf</a></li></ul>
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