Video: North End Residents Demand Action Against Growing Rat Problem

By Mike Sullivan, CBS Boston

August 22, 2023

BOSTON - North End neighbors are demanding the city take action against their growing rat problem. They have been taking videos and sending them to the city as proof.

While the rats are an issue everywhere, they have been spotted congregating around two planters in Bartlett Place. Neighbors say people constantly leave trash there. The owner of nearby Terramia Ristorante says she has asked the city repeatedly to remove the planters. The city finally took action last week by adding numerous rat traps and placing bricks on the planters. Neighbors have video, showing the rats are still out there.

"You notice them early in the morning," says Alberto Alba, owner of nearby Alba Produce, "When you start to see them in the daytime that's when you know it's a problem."

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