His ratters now divide their hunting time between working for rent to eradicate mice infestations at food warehouses and hunting wild boar in the Deep South.
However, rat sightings in Katie’s area had increased by 11% over the previous year. Ms. Darby stands in her kitchen and folds sheets of paper towels into neat, clean rectangles before going hunting.
As Katie sat next to her on the floor, eyes up, ears concentrated, waiting for the cue that it was time, she recently said, “I used to bring only two, and then that was not enough.”
I would then bring four, but that was insufficient. I’ll bring six immediately. She put them in her handbag.
On Thursday, October 10, Katie killed eight rats, setting a new record, and it was the only night she ran out of paper towels.
