GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – City Inspectors spent time looking for rat havens in Green Bay.
The rat battle continued Thursday as inspectors like Bill Pappe became the rat pack, traveling home to home looking for places that might welcome rats.
“So what we’re doing is, we’re going out and inspecting the exteriors of properties. We’re checking for conditions that are conducive to rats,” said Community Investment Manager Bill Pappe.
Keith Hendzel lives on Howard Street and says he has been fighting the battle for quite some time.
“Last two years it’s gotten worse. I used to feed the birds out here but then the rats took over,” he said. “I used to put bread out for the birds, and then you could literally just see rats climbing up and eating the bread.”
Pappe says some locations are prime for finding rats, and those are the areas that need to be eliminated.
“A lot of food sources, water sources that need to be addressed some exterior storage,” said Pappe. “A lot of burrows, some deep, and attached to garages that need to get addressed and looked at.”
The efforts were more about giving tips and educating home owners about what they can do to keep the rats away, but ignoring the advice could result in citations in future.
To help the cause, free rat traps will be passed out at the Neville Museum on June 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m
