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• Milford, Maine, has been fighting a problem with rats for the past several weeks, but the possible solution only came to light during a select board meeting on Aug. 3, the Bangor Daily News reported.
According to fire chief Josh Mailman, the town health officer and assistant fire chief Chris Liepold discovered that one resident had been providing a veritable feast for wildlife in her backyard -- a pile of corn and sunflower seeds 20 feet wide and about a foot deep.
A neighbor installed a game camera near the pile and found that along with deer, coyotes and bears, "a lot of rats" were visiting the spread. Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management professional at the University of Maine, explained: "If there's one person who's not keeping up their end of the bargain (in fighting rats community-wide), the problem is going to be an immense challenge."
The generous feeder may be asked to pay for the removal of the pile, but their actions don't appear to break any laws. [Bangor Daily News, 8/4/2021]