Countdown store closed for a 4th day as more rats found.

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Once upon a time it would have been commonplace to have a cat to keep the rodent population down and also the older generations would have put out traps off their our bat at the first hint of rodents roaming the supermarket alas present day last few generations in general have no interest in doing a good job and let the side down all the time.

If you go back far enough in time, cats were primarily kept for rodent control rather than pets, especially on ships.

My late Dad and his BIL (my uncle) were Dutch immigrants who both struggled with the NZ concept of cats in the home. Their approach was that dogs belonged in the house partly on a security basis whereas cats belonged outdoors to deal with vermin.