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The are practical reasons why you wouldn't want RATS in Alberta...pets or otherwise. That reason is food! Remember the plague! Rats are not pets....they are dirty rodents that are prolific propagators. The province is one gigantic farm and no one wants Rat crap in the food that we each and export. The No Rat law is all about prevention and is no different than monitoring mad cow disease. The law is the law! Don't come here if you are intent on breaking the law for your own selfish motives.
Rat free. Impossible! Who would run the government?
Well, if you're caught with pet rats, it's up to a $5000 fine from my understanding.
The only pet sanctioned in the Alberta parliament are pink elephants.
yeah i dont know why you a**holes are being dicks about rats.
for your information theyre ****ing smart, probably smarter than most of you.
And as for being dirty? no. why do you think scientists use them? because theyre
clean and disease free. i work with cargo and we get LOTS of rats in, and ive talked to alot of people about them.
You a**holes need to find a bridge, and jump off of it
Rats are among nature's most prolific mammalian breeders. Female rats breed up to a dozen times in a year and produce, on average, a half-dozen offspring. Some litters total 20 or more. It's estimated that the United States alone could house 150 million rats, possibly more.
To be fair, rats have made an incomparable contribution to laboratory sciences.
But when living in large numbers in close proximity to humans, the rodents take an enormous economic bite on people. They can devastate crops, food stores, and wreck havoc on buildings. Such property damage can tally billions of dollars. Beyond such economic damage, however, rats pose health hazards. The animals harbor the lice and fleas that spawn serious diseases such as typhus, trichinosis, and infectious jaundice. In the past they've also taken the rap for outbreaks of plague—such as the catastrophic Great Plague in 17th-century London.
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I am planning to move to the west side of Canada someday and I hear that Alberta is rat-free and that it's illegal to own pet rats. I have 4. They're my babies and I'd never give them up. I know it is or was illegal to own a pitbull in Ontario, but that never stopped anyone.
Does anyone you know still own a rat in Albeta even though it's considered "illegal"? Do you think it'd be ok to not say anything and bring them anyways?
What would happen to them and me if someone was so rude as to tell on me? Do you think the police would actually investigate because of 4 pet rats?? I think that'd be extreme...
They are loose. And if you would like a Pet Rat too, I can make you
one heck of a deal!!!! Cheaper in bulk quantities, but you have to
pick them up yourself in Swift Current.
(Just wire the $$$ to my PayPal Account, now how many do you want?
