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Philly Appoints First-Ever ‘Rat Abatement Manager' To Reduce Rat Population
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
7
First seen
Oct 28, 5:56 AM EDT
updated Oct 28, 4:10 PM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WCAU, WTXF-TV and 5 others, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
Philadelphia has appointed its first-ever rat abatement manager to combat rodent problems and launched a response in the Northeast, WTXF-TV reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (7), version 4, Oct 28, 5:21 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- Philly appoints first-ever ‘rat abatement manager' to reduce rat population · Philadelphia Tribune
- Philly appoints a ‘rat abatement manager’ to address infestation issues · Billy Penn
- Philadelphia Appoints First-Ever Rat Abatement Manager to Combat Rodent Problems · WPPZ-FM
- Philadelphia appoints manager to tackle city's rat problems · WPVI-TV
- Philly just appointed its first rat czar · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Philadelphia appoints first Rat Abatement Manager, launches response in Northeast · WTXF-TV
- Philly appoints first-ever ‘rat abatement manager' to reduce rat population · WCAU
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