There’s plenty of rats in Chicago. And no, not just the kind that wear suits and work at City Hall and Cook County government offices. No, we’re talking the four-legged variety that carry filth and disease.
Chicago won the crown for not only the most homicides for twelve years in a row, but also the rattiest city in America per Orkin.
From CBS Chicago:
Chicago is keeping a crown it would rather not have. For the 10th year in a row, Chicago was ranked as the rattiest city in America by pest control company Orkin.
The Windy City has held the title as the rattiest city in America since Orkin first created the list.
Orkin said the city’s years-long struggle with rats is driven largely by its infrastructure and environment:
“Chicago’s abundance of alleys provides rodents with hidden havens, offering plenty of space to hide while feasting on trash. Rodents also love to burrow, finding shelter beneath subway tracks or around underground pipes. In these hidden spots, the rodent population can grow if left unchecked.”
Orkin ranked metro regions by the number of new residential rodent treatments performed between Sept. 1, 2023, and Aug. 31, 2024.
They grow some big ones too. Like the one in the feature photo from FoxNews:
(SKY NEWS) – A gas engineer has told how he discovered a rat bigger than his dog as he worked at a block of apartments.
Tony Smith, 46, spotted the dead rodent in a bush near a children’s playground while working in north London.
He believes it weighs more than 25lbs – and is “about 4ft” long with its tail, although this would easily put it on a par with the largest known rat species in the world.
“This is the largest rat I’ve ever seen in my entire life,” he said.
Let’s name him Adam Kinzinger. Oh wait we already have a rat with that name.
big fat one in gov mansion
J B Prickster “mini-me”, the familial resemblance is blatantly obvious!