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The authorities have taken in nearly 600 rats from an apartment in North Bay, Ont. on Friday and a pool of numerous animal welfare groups, including SPCA centres and humane societies with the OSPCA Provincial and Animal Centre, are now working together to care for the rodents.
As of now, over 30 of the seized rodents have been transferred to the Peterborough Humane Society. The executive director of the Peterborough Humane Society, Andrew Fraser, mentioned in his remarks that “amongst all of our centres, we’ve been able to bring this large number into various facilities around the province.” Fraser called the case unique in the “sheer numbers involved.” According to Fraser, the Peterborough Humane Society is now in the process of getting the rats “adoption-ready.” He explained that some female rats are in gestation period “so we want to make sure that the nursing young ones and the pregnant moms get that special care and the attention that they need and deserve.”
Reports claim that the owner gave up the domestic rats after complaints prompted investigations by various authorities, including the humane society and fire department in North Bay. The Peterborough Humane Society mentioned in a Facebook post that the rats in their care require supplies they “don’t typically have on hand.” They asked for donations of toilet paper rolls, paper towel rolls, rat food and kenneling and rodent water bottles.
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