Pest control manager Steve Graff: “What we’re seeing is just a lot of spillover”

“With the construction, the rats are being pushed out of that space, and what we’re seeing is just a lot of spillover.”

—Steve Graff, quality assurance manager at Abell Pest Control, telling Metro Morning’s Matt Galloway about a hidden side effect of all the construction at Union Station: rats that had lived in relative peace in the tunnels and dark spaces beneath the enormous transit hub are now spilling over (shudder) into neighbouring parts of the downtown core. The displaced rats are apparently getting into turf wars with other rats over attractive living spaces. What Torontonian hasn’t done unspeakable things to get a decent apartment, though?