A family whose rented council home was invaded by huge rats while on holiday has cried out to local authorities to come to their aid. Michael McCann, his wife Paula and two young children are currently staying with friends after fleeing from their Belfast home in Northern Ireland for health and safety reasons.

Apparently unaware of the budding menace of the rats and the role of their cat, the McCann family put their cat into a cattery and embarked on a holiday trip. On their return, they discovered that the rats had played havoc leaving faeces all over the house and had chewed through the electric cables of their washing machine, microwave and kettle.

The family decided to flee the home after Mr. McCann had caught 19 rats within a 24-hour period

Mr. McCann told the website: “I caught eight rats in the first 12 hours of having the traps down, then another four, and over 24 hours I’d caught a total of 19.

“They were big, grey rats.

“The look of them was disgusting and to think they were in our home, near our children, was awful.”
http://www.jalupon.com/huge-rats-chase-family-out-of-home/

Nasty stuff.

The cat wouldn't have been able to handle them.