Charles Barkley recently labeled San Francisco as a "ratty city," a claim supported by a survey from Orkin pest control. The city ranks fourth for rodent issues in America, following Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York. Research from the University of Richmond indicates that rising temperatures and increasing population density contribute to the growing rat population, with warmer climates extending the mating season for rats and increasing their reproductive rates. This problem is compounded by urban waste, creating ideal conditions for rodent population growth.
"The call centers received calls from individual people seeking assistance for rodent issues and those are tabulated in Atlanta. There's an abundance of rodents this year."
"The things that those rat numbers tied to are warming climates, so cities that have been warming faster than others, also have faster increases in their rat numbers and cities that have more people also have faster increase in their rats numbers."
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