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75 years of Alberta's mission to keep rats at bay

75 years of Alberta’s mission to keep rats at bay

Twice a year, a patrol team scrutinizes barns, straw bales and grain storage bins along a 600-kilometre stretch of the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary. They’re looking for rats, continuing a 75-year mission to stop the rodents from making themselves at home in the province.

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