Car-eating rats terrorize city (or how to Stop rats from eating your car)

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	Car-eating rats terrorize city (or how to Stop rats from eating your car)

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3-11-2007 4:03 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/de28d076-d5d3-423c-b9ba-fb702345d6ba/4F42ED5D-A3F7-4DB3-A1C6-52E13C83A78D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.townonline.com/cambridge/homepage/x1178183952" href="http://www.townonline.com/cambridge/homepage/x1178183952" style="font-size: 11px;">www.townonline.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.townonline.com/cambridge/homepage/x1178183952">The rats invading Cambridge aren’t just snacking on leftover trash anymore. The massive rodents have started chewing up the engine wires inside residents’ cars near Central Square.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.townonline.com/cambridge/homepage/x1178183952"><DIV>
<SPAN class="headline">Car-eating rats terrorize city</SPAN>
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By <SPAN>Erin Smith/Chronicle staff</SPAN><BR /><DIV>
Thursday, March 08, 2007
                - Updated: <FONT color="#990000">07:00 AM EST</FONT></DIV>
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</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.townonline.com/cambridge/homepage/x1178183952"><STRONG>Stop rats from eating your car</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.townonline.com/cambridge/homepage/x1178183952"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN></SPAN>Don’t let your car sit stationary for a long time. Turn on the engine and move it.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.townonline.com/cambridge/homepage/x1178183952"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN></SPAN>Check under your car hood for signs of rats, including food remains or nests. Open your car’s air filter to check for nests.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.townonline.com/cambridge/homepage/x1178183952"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN></SPAN>Store your trash in tightly sealed garbage cans to cutoff rats’ food supply.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.townonline.com/cambridge/homepage/x1178183952"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN></SPAN>Avoid planting dense vegetation and trim weeds — both places where rats can hide.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.townonline.com/cambridge/homepage/x1178183952"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN></SPAN>If you see a rat or rat burrow in the ground, call the city hotline at <STRONG><SPAN>617-349-4899 or e-mail</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN>rodents@cambridgema.gov</SPAN>. Be sure to leave detailed information about the location and time of day of the sighting.</LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4F42ED5D-A3F7-4DB3-A1C6-52E13C83A78D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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