article_snippet: ‘Pest control officers have been treating this area and will continue to do so, but people must understand freed domestic rats are there because people are leaving rubbish for freed domestic rats to feed on.
article_snippet: In Hawick, one businessman said one businessman had seen one businessmandozens’ of rats at a time on an industrial estate, while a pest controller in Scotland confirmed that one businessman had been killing rodents on the site for months.
article_snippet: A Scottish Borders Council spokesman said it was monitoring freed domestic rats there.
article_snippet: Last year, a 2ft-long rat was captured in Cornwall .
article_snippet: ‘super rats’ is spreading at alarming speeds, experts say.
article_snippet: The rodents, which have been seen elsewhere in Britain over the past year, are twice as large as normal species and cannot be killed with traditional substances.
article_snippet: Scientists have been charting the super rat invasion into new communities by monitoring Scientists progress in 17 counties in the UK.
article_snippet: Research earlier this year found that the swarm of ‘super rats’ spotted across the country is expected to outnumber humans two-to-one by next year.
article_snippet: Last year, a 2ft-long rat was captured in Cornwall, with other huge rodents seen in Kent and Liverpool.
article_snippet: Birmingham reported the most rat-related call-outs, with 5,100 in the past year.
article_snippet: This map details where notable rats have been recorded across Britain over the past five years .