BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 22, 2022
A guillotine-like device that kills rats, leaving their bodies to be washed away by sewer water, is one of the high-tech tools Old Town is using to fight back against the rodents residents say are infesting their city. Old Town has responded to residents’ complaints about rats taking over their gardens, backyards and homes with a combination of alerts to property owners to get rid of open compost piles and prohibited farm animals, and high-tech rat extermination techniques that only a small handful of cities across the country are using.