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7) Fallen fruit and nuts should be picked up regularly to reduce local
food supply.

8) Overgrown areas should be reduced, especially blackberry bushes
which supply both food and shelter to rodents.

If rats become a problem on your property, please call the Simon Fraser Health
Unit as quickly as possiblee Poison bait is available for individual home owners,
and poison bait will also be put out in the neighbourhood. Please alert your
children not to pick up the bait boxes which are labelled with a picture of a

rat and a warning. Signs will be put up near the rat bait stations to further
alert parents that poison is present in the areas

Please remember that without these three limiting factors, rat populations could
not exist, so that it becomes everyone's concern when rodents occur.

For further information, please contact the Simon Fraser Health Unite

Respectfully yours,

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Vettor Control Officer,
Simon Fraser Health Unit,
644 Poirier Street,
Coquitlam, B.C.

Phone: 936=3441.