08-31-2009, 08:45 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Well we have only one option for NE Calgary now... nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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08-31-2009, 09:43 AM
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#22
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Its a race, I am winning.
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08-31-2009, 09:51 AM
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#23
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Further evidence of global warming. 
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08-31-2009, 10:14 AM
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#24
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary
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"Rat" is just a euphemism for an "NDP activist" - luckily, he was "euthenized", so we can sleep easy, knowing we are still "rat" free.
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08-31-2009, 11:21 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EDBTZ12
Alberta is not Rat free. I've seen a couple while hunting but never in the city. I know they claim to be rat free but that's not the case but they do a whole lot better than other provinces that's forsure.
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The rats that you see hunting are the western wood rat or commonly referred to as the Pack Rat. These do live naturally in Alberta forests however they are usually solitary and not communal animals. These are similar in lifestyle as a chipmunk that may live in a forest and only on rare occasions will infest a home as they prefer the native habitat.
This rat is the Norway Rat and is of major concern because they are the Famous New York Sewer style rats.
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08-31-2009, 11:33 AM
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#26
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Self Imposed Retirement
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Let loose the terriers and the licensed kitties!
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08-31-2009, 11:34 AM
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Not the 1 millionth post winnar
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Los Angeles
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Originally Posted by The Fonz
I'm confused... did Alberta claim to be rat free or something?
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Yeah, Alberta used to have "Rat Patrol". We were the world's largest rat free landmass - patrols would investigate claims of rats, inspect trucks coming in, basically constant vigilant rat extermination groups financed by the Alberta government.
I recall when they said they were going to cease doing it, seems about 10 or 15 years ago now.
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08-31-2009, 11:44 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: SW
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Fonz
I'm confused... did Alberta claim to be rat free or something?
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Ever since Ken Linsmen left Edm.
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08-31-2009, 11:45 AM
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Four rat burrows have been spotted and it’s believed there could be up to five of the animals scurrying throughout the northeast neighbourhood, Bruce said Saturday.
He refused to reveal which neighbourhood the burrows have been found in.
"Four or five, if they’re left alone, will soon be four or five thousand," Bruce said.
A female rat can become pregnant 45 days after birth and they breed often.
"We take this very seriously because we know they can come in on shipments," he said. "There are no rats entrenched in Alberta and we want to keep it that way."
One rat chewed a hole through the wood foundation of a home, while other homeowners found their backyard sheds gnawed at, said Bruce.
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http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1140138.html
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08-31-2009, 12:46 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Anyone get the letter and know what neighbourhood it is?
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08-31-2009, 01:25 PM
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Self-Ban
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Fonz
I'm confused... did Alberta claim to be rat free or something?
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http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/prm3266
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08-31-2009, 01:44 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by urban1
Anyone get the letter and know what neighbourhood it is?
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my guess would be Monterrey Park, but it's just a guess!
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08-31-2009, 03:38 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Trapped in my own code!!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackArcher101
but not really shocked it was NE Calgary.
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Probably the pretentiousness from the other parts of the city forcing them up here.
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08-31-2009, 03:48 PM
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#34
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Vancouver
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I've seen quite a few rats in Vancouver. Just last week on Granville I saw a group of them come up from a construction dig site to feast on a puddle of puke that a party goer had left nearby. Nasty little creatures. The rats I mean.
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08-31-2009, 06:14 PM
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Kerplunk
Probably the pretentiousness from the other parts of the city forcing them up here.
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It was a joke... I even grew up there. Unless yours was a joke too... bah, too hard to tell these days.
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08-31-2009, 07:11 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by nik-
Holy crap, that thing is pretty large. |
That looks more like a domestic rat, not the dreaded Norway rat.
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09-01-2009, 10:52 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Fantasy Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pope04
That looks more like a domestic rat, not the dreaded Norway rat.
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Either way.... Yuck.
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09-01-2009, 12:16 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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IIRC the Herald noted that one breeding can produce as many as 15,000 rats per year! The rat patrol also still exists and costs about $500k per year, but its suspected that saves millions each year in crop damage, building damage etc. each year.
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