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  • March 2008

    • Dead Rats Stink Up Orlando Airport

      newser  |  Orlando Sentinel  |  Mar 21, 08 6:00 PM CDT

      Dead Rats Stink Up Orlando Airport

      Dead rats are stinking up a portion of Orlando International Airport, and the smell has workers crying foul. Construction crews renovating gates earlier this month scared the rodents into the airport, the Orlando Sentinel reports; exterminators followed, and after rats died in walls and ceilings the stench sent workers and passengers home sick and shut down a customs checkpoint. More »

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      Florida  • airport  • airport security  • rats  • Orlando  • rodents

  • December 2007

    • NYC Fines for Rat-Hunting Cats

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Dec 22, 07 2:32 PM CST

      NYC Fines for Rat-Hunting Cats

      New York food shops and delis have a way to deal with rats, but health inspectors aren’t purring: Many NYC stores have a cat around to keep out rodents, the New York Times reports. Unfortunately, health inspectors frown on cats and rats with equal fervor. “Any animal around food presents a contamination threat,” one rodentologist explained. More »

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      New York City  • restaurant  • cat  • rats  • grocery stores  • rodents

  • November 2007

    • $25K Sundae Comes With Mice, Roaches

      newser  |  CBS  |  Nov 15, 07 8:10 PM CST

      $25K Sundae Comes With Mice, Roaches

      An upscale dessert shop on New York's Upper East Side that serves $25,000 ice cream sundaes has been shut down for egregious health-code violations, including a dysfunctional sewage system, mounds of mouse droppings, and a thriving cockroach population, CBS reports. The shop, Serendipity 3, introduced the extravagant sundae, which comes with a golden spoon, just last week. More »

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      New York City  • Department of Health  • infestation  • rodents

  • August 2007

    • Rodent Attacks Demolish Spanish Crops

      newser  |  Christian Science Monitor  |  Aug 20, 07 2:07 PM CDT

      Rodent Attacks Demolish Spanish Crops

      As many as 750 million voles have descended on farmland in central Spain, and with government response slow, farmers are taking matters into their own hands. The reason the number of rodents has exploded over the past few months is unclear, the Christian Science Monitor reports, but a likely explanation is a mild winter—potentially the product of global warming. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • Spain  • farming  • farmer  • rodents

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