Of that money, the publication clarifies, almost 102 thousand pounds were spent on the purchase of mousetraps and the poisoning of the premises. 20.5 thousand pounds were spent on the fight against pigeons, including the purchase of falcons.
The newspaper does not cite data from previous years for comparison, but notes that pest costs have risen for two years in a row, and experts note that rodents have developed immunity to poisons and learned not to fall into traps.
Earlier, “RG” wrote that there were so many rats and mice in the Parliament building that they had to rebuff the House of Commons, which demanded a cat. The fact is that poisonous rodent traps can threaten the life of cats.
