BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 31, 2022
Dave Oliver has so many rats on his Old Town property that he sees some basking in the sunlight in his yard. Those he shoots with his pellet gun from the bathroom. But that’s just one measure Oliver has taken to fight an explosion of rats on his Veazie Street property this spring. After noticing a few rats here and there since 2019, Oliver has found about 60 of the creatures this year, and he’s determined to exterminate them.