Jul 23, 2024 · According to the French National Academy of Medicine, Paris has close to six million sewer rats, or about 1.5 to 1.75 per resident.

Jun 10, 2023 · Paris officials are preparing a plan of peaceful ‘cohabitation’ with rats after decades battling them without success.

Jan 26, 2020 · The City of Paris has tested all the methods used to control the presence of rats. Our priority is to make access to food difficult by discouraging Parisians and tourists from …

Jul 24, 2024 · Days ahead of the Paris Olympics, authorities in the city are ramping up efforts to keep its rat population out of sight. From deep cleaning to removing food residues and …

Feb 15, 2018 · Regardless, the brown rat is well established in Paris, where the brick sewers, which it can easily gnaw into with its teeth, allow it to dig cozy burrows. Moreover, some …

Jul 23, 2024 · French authorities have said that rat problems were first and foremost caused by food being left out on the ground, or from overflowing waste bins. Source: AP / Francois Mori / …

Jul 23, 2024 · City officials have implemented rigorous measures to secure Olympic sites from the notorious vermin, including a deep clean to remove food residues and blocking exit points from …

Dec 8, 2016 · Public health officials in Paris will soon be ramping up a campaign of “action contre les rats”—closing off public squares, installing rodenticide, corking the rodents’ tunnels and …

Paris has a fabled relationship with rats, as the film Ratatouille referenced. But unlike the much-loved animated movie, they are not always determined chefs well-versed in French cuisine.

Jul 29, 2024 · With the Olympics and worldwide attention coming, Paris tried to clean up this longtime rodent problem. City officials implemented rigorous measures to secure Olympic sites …