My next door neighbour recently had her garden completely cleared of all vegetation and has had paving laid. Prior to this she had a virtual forest there with trees growing over our garden and her neighbours on the other side. Ever since this was done we have seen the occasional rat in our garden (which has probably come from there) and so have our neighbours on the other side and the neighbours on the other side of them. My DH and the neighbours wanted to kill them, but I was against this so we ordered a humane trap which hasn't arrived yet. Anyway today sitting in the garden we saw about 4 or 5 rats running around and one cheeky one came quite close to the house. This has really freaked me out now and I realise something more drastic must be done. However, the animal loving side of me finds this difficult, on the other hand I'm scared they'll get into the house. Anyone had any experience of rats in their garden and how did you deal with it?
Lack of public toilets in towns.