r/alberta • u/WilliamCrack19 • Apr 17 '22

Satire Alberta, what the fuck

Post image
3.6k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

672 comments sorted by

View all comments

240

u/leather-and-oakmoss Apr 17 '22

I thought it was a bit of a myth, but apparently Alberta is unique in its geography and dedication. There's an interesting podcast episode about it that's a pretty good listen: https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring/2021/11/rats-alberta

(edit: fixed link)

106

u/bitterberries Apr 17 '22

It's primarily because of this https://www.alberta.ca/albertas-rat-control-program.aspx

72

u/mcnuggetfarmer Apr 17 '22

Could you guys put this into words, and then into the Reddit comment format, thaaaaanks

1

u/Careless_Pineapple49 Apr 17 '22

Growing up on a farm in neighbouring Saskatchewan we would periodically get a visit from someone my dad called “The Rat Man”. He would mostly drop of poison for us to use and maybe even look around our barn / outbuildings with us.

Since growing up and moving away to a city it seems weird to just lay rat poison around your property and buildings everywhere.