Kieran Sampler, 29, from Leeds, has opened up about his life dedicated to ridding vermin from homes, factories and farms
A rat-catcher who snared one rodent the size of a small dog has warned they're 'getting bigger and bolder'.
He has even trained up his two dogs, terriers Poppy and Penny, to catch the rodents in homes and farmland across Yorkshire. The biggest rat Mr Sampler has ever caught was 22 inches head-to-tail, about double the length of a chihuahua. And he says most rats he catches are around 18 inches in length. He said the biggest infestation he ever discovered in a single house was 22 rats. It was a three-bedroom house in Batley, West Yorkshire, and the rodents ran across his feet when he entered.
When Mr Sampler and his team started clearing out the area, removing the food source, he says they quickly dispersed. After cleaning the area, they returned with their terriers a couple of weeks later and caught about 250 rats, as most of the rat population had moved away by that time.
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