Police chief tom boggs informed the sutherlin city council this week that a pest removal company has trapped and removed 788 rats from an infested house An exterminator will be brought into poison any remaining rodents
The council declared the property a nuisance in early March and subsequently received permission from Douglas Country to proceed with the extermination efforts
Jerry willson owner of the Relocator pest removal company will inspect the house in a few months to make sure the rats have not return
Neighbors at this week's council meeting say the smell has improved Since March but files are a problem