1. RATS in CHICAGO

2. LINCOLN SQUARE OVERRUN BY RATS!!

6. KNOW YOUR RAT FACTS
The species of rat found in Chicago is the NORWAY rat. This is misleading as it actually originates from Asia
The rat has an average life span of 6 to 12 months
Beginning at the age of 2 to 3 months, a female rat can produce 4 to 7 litters a year with each liter containing 8 to 12 rats.
Female rats can be impregnated 48 hours after giving birth
HOW MANY RATS CAN ONE FEMALE RAT PRODUCE A YEAR?

7. NORWAY RATS
They prefer fresh food but will eat pet food, dog feces, plants and garbage
If food is scarce, the healthy rats will eat the weakest and youngest rats
Norway rats prefer to live in burrows in the ground
They are excellent climbers and swimmers and are most active at night

8. Know your RAT facts!!
They have very hard teeth and can chew through wood and plastic and any other material that is softer than their teeth
They can crawl through holes
the size of a quarter
They can tread water for three days
They can land unharmed after a fall from a 5 story building

9. Know your RAT facts
The risk of disease spread from rats to humans is very real
Rats carry a variety of diseases and ticks and fleas that can be passed on to humans

10. RATS!!!!! The city of Chicago claims they have 500,000 rats
At the end of one year, these 500,000 rats will produce 12 million rats
To keep the 500,000 rat number, the city would have to be killing 11.5 million rats a year…they aren’t…..
Rats are a BIG problem in Chicago

12. Open your packets to page 27 POPULATION GROWTH AND THE LESLIE MODEL