At the Capitol Thursday afternoon, state leaders and pest experts discussed how to keep “Eagle rats” from spreading.
“We’ve had some reports over the last year about rats, and at first I remember hearing about these reports, thinking, oh, there’s just a few rats that are running around, it’s no big deal, and then I started hearing more and more about it,” Tammy Nichols said.
Nichols is an Idaho state senator and chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Norway and roof rats, first spotted in Eagle, are now popping up elsewhere in the Treasure Valley. Without action, they could quickly become a statewide issue…