Rat Eradication Sweeps Slated for Loch Raven, Hillendale This Month
Councilman David Marks said that complaints about rats are a common complaint in these areas.
Baltimore County will be making rat eradication sweeps through Loch Raven and Hillendale later this month.
The sweeps will take place March 25, weather permitting, Councilman David Marks said.
"It’s one of the most common complaints I hear from people in the Loch Raven area," Marks said.
He said this is the first time the county’s rat eradication program will come through Loch Raven, but that it has previously been active in Hillendale.
"This has been a recurring problem,: Marks said.
In February, County Executive Kevin Kamenetz touted the success of the Rat Attack program in a news release that reported the county had treated 2,100 homes since April 2012.
"With continuing education and enforcement, we have achieved quantifiable results and positive feedback from treated communities, where residents are reporting a dramatic decline in rodent sightings," County Executive Kevin Kamenetz said in the news release. "People increasingly realize that human behavior is the biggest variable in successfully eliminating this health hazard from our neighborhoods and they are stepping up to make important changes like using rodent-resistant trash cans, cleaning up pet waste and addressing potential burrowing locations."
Local Editor Nayana Davis contributed to this story.
On the Mark
7:23 am on Tuesday, March 19, 2013
The problem starts when residents fail to use garbage cans and refuse to pickup after their pets.
It's the human factor that must be changed. No one wants to be accountable, the county health department needs to cite residents who fail to use garbage cans. It's sheer laziness when residents place trash curbside in plastic bags and boxes.
M. Sullivan
9:46 am on Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Wow, I saw the picture and thought it was yet another blog from O'Malley!
kevin
10:31 pm on Tuesday, May 14, 2013
So what type of transportation are they using to put in areas around North Point? There he goes again ,Really anyone try to walk thier dogs in previously county maintained areas around Dundalk that are now contract cut? Personally know it took calls ,that were ignored and apologized for but we HAVE to use contractors formerly known as Baltimore County Goverment offices .Need locations Steve?
kevin
10:36 pm on Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Sorry left out explanation off record comments that yeah they'll be doing rat eradication probably won't help with high grass in areas that are now contract cut.Any council members or delagates consultants in vegetation companies? Only tying it to response from Kevin K answering service.Skelton crews that run county contractors.WHERE did All the savings go ?