Rats amid filth surrounding Sainsburys car park

[grancabrona]

Two rats seen while picking up child from the nursery. Disgusting mess throughout the area surrounding Sainsburys car park. Not cleaned for years. What action can I take? I've already contacted the store twice since last spring.

[adonirum]

How about organising a self-help litter pick with other parents from the nursery (assuming it's not industrial mess).

[Abe_froeman]

I would call Southwark's environmental services. is the waste on Sainsbury's land or the public highway?

[nxjen]

I'm afraid the problem of rats in the grounds surrounding Sainsburys is nothing new though I thought the problem was more under control now. I spoke to the manager about this over 10 years ago and was told I should get in touch with Southwark Council as the rats were coming in from outside their boundary and it was up to Southwark Council to get rid of the rats so they couldn't enter Sainsbury's property. Hmmmmm.

It is worrying they have reappeared and close to the nursery at that. I think contacting the Council is your best bet, not for the reasons given to me by the store manager, but I would have thought they would be able to put pressure on the store to clean up the mess as it must be a H&S issue. Can the nursery add more weight?

[Lynne]

I reported rats to the woman on customers services in Sainsburys once. She said "Oh yes, I often see them" which wasn't quite the response I'd been hoping for.

[Angelina]

rats are common in a city.

The issue is the rubbish. It's either Southwark's responsibility or Sainsbury's responsibility. If it's the latter, Southwark might be interested to know it's not happening.

I would suggest call environmental services and make a complaint.

[Louisa]

Rats are also regularly seen in the small park opposite Sainsbury's. They will be attracted to areas with food waste, and many people fill up the bins with chicken bones and other crap and then the council fail to empty the bins. Of course it's going to attract wildlife.

Louisa.

[dulwichrat]

Louisa Wrote:

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> Rats are also regularly seen in the small park

> opposite Sainsbury's.

Ah St Francis Park. We call it the Promised Land. Our patron saint watches over us there too.

[Sue]

:))

[Blah Blah]

Can't get rid of the rats. They are everywhere in London, and every sewer and drain/ manhole is a gateway for them anyway. There's an interesting documentary about rats on Netflix at the moment. It's not for the faint of heart :D

[JohnL]

Blah Blah Wrote:

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> Can't get rid of the rats. They are everywhere in

> London, and every sewer and drain/ manhole is a

> gateway for them anyway. There's an interesting

> documentary about rats on Netflix at the moment.

> It's not for the faint of heart :D

Apparently there's this man with a pipe.

But don't forget to pay him.

[uncleglen]

Maybe all pets should be banned in London except these

https://pethelpful.com/dogs/Top-10-Dog-Breeds-Ideal-for-Catching-Rats

I can personally vouch for the Cairn terrier

[rendelharris]

uncleglen Wrote:

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> Maybe all pets should be banned in London except

> these

> https://pethelpful.com/dogs/Top-10-Dog-Breeds-Idea

> l-for-Catching-Rats

> I can personally vouch for the Cairn terrier

Correct me if I'm wrong Uncle (but I'm not) - wasn't it you who was recently bewailing in these very pages how selfish cat owners are to have pets which do such damage to wildlife? Yet there is a scientific consensus that if all cat predation on rats suddenly ceased the rat population would increase fourfold within a year and continue to increase exponentially thereafter, with disastrous consequences not only for human living conditions but also for the avian population, as cats generally prey on weak/ill birds which would not have survived anyway while rats prey on eggs. Just a little food for thought.

[Ruskin]

How to bat a rat out of your flat:

https://mobile.twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/832711542210719744/video/1

[uncleglen]

I daresay cats have the same impact in the UK as they do in the USA

http://www.tnrrealitycheck.com/barn_cats.asp

Although feral cats are supposed to be useful unlike pampered pussies

[Louisa]

Nothing wrong with having a pampered pussy. Ferrel pussys are far more likely to be ravenous and go on the rampage, causing untold damage.

Louisa.

[nxjen]

Ooh you are awful