New strategy to reduce KK rat population
Published on: Thursday, April 19, 2012
Kota Kinabalu: City Hall is looking into a new strategy to reduce the rat population in the city."We are re-examining and re-thinking our previous and current strategies," said Mayor Abidin Madingkir who officiated at City Hall's first in-house training on rat control for its staff here, Wednesday.According to him, the programme is a continuation of a rat control programme, which was launched by City Hall in June last year, as well as a list of other programmes.
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Madingkir who said the programme is aimed at their office based staff also pointed on the fact that rats roam the whole universe. "They can be found everywhere even as far as Europe and in big cities such as London. Exterminating them from the face of the earth is not possible, but we can work towards reducing their population."He added that due to their unhygienic nature, rats are known to cause a lot of health problems as well as household problems, among them being electrical wire damage.
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"It seems like people are so used to seeing them here and are so used to them that they are not even bothered by their presence," he added.The training is therefore vital in order to spread awareness and educate City Hall staff.
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Madingkir said it is like nurturing a seed and watering it everyday until it grows into a plant. "Methods used to control them do not depend only on the extermination of their habitat alone, but also in providing a clean environment in general. Apart from that, improper food storage and keeping leftover food encourages them to breed.""Problems related to these rodents which are notorious in offices have led us to conduct this special training."The programme is conducted to give proper awareness on rat control in the workplace environment."Before this, the target was entrepreneurs especially those involved with food around the city." He also highlighted the fact that the responsibility of rat control must not be carried by City Hall's vector control unit alone but should be taken seriously by all City Hall staff.Some 40 participants were present including invited guest Amir Paduan D. Daniel from Labuan Corporation's Town Service Department. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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