PARIS: While the Paris Olympics is set to be a festival of socialising and intermingling, city authorities are keen for visitors not to encounter any of the capital's notorious furry inhabitants. Humo
is set to be a festival of socialising and intermingling, city authorities are keen for visitors not to encounter any of the capital's notorious furry inhabitants.
As well as ordering a deep clean to remove any food residues that might tempt the scurriers from their underground lairs, the mayor's rodent specialists also worked to close up exit points from the sewers around the sites. "Ultimately, no one should aim to exterminate Paris's rats, and they're useful in maintaining the sewers," she added."The point is that they should stay in the sewers."Paris vermin, a feature in French literature from Les Miserables to The Phantom Of The Opera, are frequently drawn into a contemporary debate about cleanliness in the French capital.
Boux stressed that rat problems were first and foremost caused by food being left out on the ground, or from overflowing waste bins, many of which are being changed around Paris to new rat-proof versions.France in turmoil as it prepares to 'host the world' for OlympicsThe city's rodent exterminators - known as the"Smash" team - have also had an advisory role to the Paris organising committee, suggesting ways to design their sites to keep them clean and orderly.
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