CNA | Talking Point | E02 - Is Singapore facing an impending rat outbreak? 

Saw a rat the size of a small cat before in an alley. It was chilling smack in the middle of the path blocking my way. I stared at it....it stared at me....for a good 15 seconds. I could hear it thinking: "Come at me bro, I dare you." 😂

After 7 years away, I noticed Singapore have so little stray cats these days is one of the cause perhaps.

Rat: we have serious human problem.

If i got a dollar for every time that guy said "essentially"...

Why are there rats? Because the AVA culled the community cats.

ROACHES TOO they are everywhere omg (present)

Have we told the authorities 10 yrs ago of rat problems?

Can’t believe this is happening in Singapore .. a country considered to be the pinnacle of perfection .. WOW !!!

Biggest question is what is the government doing about this. Latest big case is in bukit batok. they get news to publicize one time then suddenly no news of what they are doing about it.

Why are the NEA officers not wearing gloves and masks whilst investigating the possible burrow? Highly inappropriate.

I see all these issues as a matter of nature losing its balance. If you eliminate the natural predator which helps to keep in check the prey, the prey naturally will thrive. Our urbanization and overcrowding is causing a lot of natural predator to disappear which hence contribute to the imbalance issue. What our planner attempts to do is to play the part of the natural predator by engaging pest control companies but you can never replace the role played by the natural predator. You can never play the role of nature. This is something that our planner has not and will probably not think about when they devise their population policies and town design. They have an idealistic dream of squeezing as many people in a square metre of space as possible and stacking it up as high as possible or going as deep underground as possible. In the process they destroy the nature balance and pay the price, whether it is rats, or mosquito (dengue) or other pests and infectious diseases spread by pests problem.

It's all over tampines and I heard rat moving through my toilets pipes. Pretty scary shit

the rats are so big they’re seen everywhere and they look like cats!!! getting dangerous.

Rather then keep catching people smoking here and there. Please assign more funding, more research, more manspower to rectify something like this is much more practical and worth for our environment.

Turkey's solution was CATS

NEA rather fine people for smoking at bus stop easy money for them rather than going to the hawker centre and check

Wonder what is NEA doing?

Yup.. rats under my block

5 years ago we have this issue and 5 years later it's worse

I have seen some in the streets while walking. Wasn’t ready to encounter that. I thought SG has no rats before

Pay town council fee for what... This government not doing anything except for their own pocket

Rats are nocturnal creatures so they are mostly active between dusk and dawn . So if u see rats during the day means either the nest has been disturbed or THERE IS A LARGE INFESTATION. They are competing for food.

Ever walked in a local park at night? I walk my dog at night in the park next to my house, and everyday I see/multiple rats and mice. There's so many of them you can see them walking on the park path along with you. Also been seeing exterminator van in my neighborhood very often.

We have had enough RATS the past 60 years and we don't need more...Time to Clear the DRAINS and DROWN the Rats in The Swamp

Is there any birth control pills for rats?

I have seen alot of them in my neighbourhood Tampines

11.40 is when you say um but you just realised you need to be more formal

omg..it seems like that NEA lady just stays in her office & just depends on reports to justify her saying now there're lesser rats...she needs to walk the ground

They are practically everywhere. Ironically I notice that the proliferation seems to coincide with the green movements. As more and more green carpets are introduced, it created more living quarters for these rats

Well that's why I rarely eat out now.....videos like this.

saw one running by the hdb corridor in serangoon central.. its getting bad man.

Must we wait for a hdb flat to collapse? Rats can chew through steel, correct? If civil servants don't have the time to tackle this rat problems then watch my video Want an extra hour per day? Thanks

At 7:20 if we handle food waste well, the rats population may decline.

They must need cats in everystreet and corners. Lol

I saw a lot of rats at the back alley of Admiralty Macdonald. The macdonald staff put their burger bun outside and I can see the rats are eat the buns.. I have picture and video as proof.

Last week while waiting for admission in Mount Elizabeth Hospital Orchard, a rat was under the table of one of the staff. A few of the staff tried to catch it but missed and it ran towards me under my feet and vanished behind the vending machines. They tried to catch it again and gave up after a while.

Maybe next year the rats population will increase coz its the year of the rats

lol. I have 15 rat cages in my home now. They are everywhere. A hot bath awaits the ones caught. They multiply very quickly.

In other news, it may be easier to find that elusive rat that is a cooking genius there.

Well I have been seeing rats lately. I saw one on overhead bridge. On the route. In office. Coffee shop. All at different locations.

i've seen rat scurrying across the jogging track in simei a couple of times...go figure

If we minimize the waste food sources, there should be a corresponding reduction in the rat population. Then the question would be how people can convinced to eat less and reduce food waste in our largely consumer society. Bearing in mind inflation, one way to reduce food waste is to moderate supply but that would be unthinkable in Singapore.

It came back to the hygiene system in the food court and coffee shop area how to keep the coffee shop or food court cleaning

Minks are natural predators of rats. There's a youtube channel by a mink keeper, who is paid to hunt for rats using his minks. A single mink can kill 30+ rats in a single session.

Pls how can rats barrel reduction? Hv nea went to flyer area especially the bus depot parking area? Huge rats

change the sensors to real lasers and cut them

There's no place they'd RATher be..

The correct term for it is Routbreak.

For every rat found, there's fifty more we don't see

They are inspired by Ratatouille

Lol. The same goes for crows. Unfortunately, birds and pigeons ain't scare of us no more. Please do documentary with pigeons. Both are nuisances.

maybe it’s coz of lesser predators for rats eg. stray cats

But the Rat helped us with thanos...

For the past 5 years NEA doing what? Take free pay?

Yikes!

There are at least 100 rats living at my block and they multiply very quickly its absolutely disgusting

There’s a lot at Par*, eating us out of house and home lol.

bring the cat in , they will help out catching the rats

for the 30% of the pest control companies who say there is no increase in the calls they got, It probably Meant they are not so effective in clearing the rats, so ppl stop calling them back for the solution.

Yup. The biggest ones can be found sitting one place. The parliament.

this happen when u throw all the cats and dogs..

In my estate this is what I witnessed. Rats exist because people feed cats. So the cats don't bother with the rats. The rats can run in front of the cats and the cats would do nothing. But they also don't do anything (cannot outrun the rats) because they are too fat. So the rats win/stay. But the next problem arises. Snakes. Where there're rats, there will be snakes. So beware. I've seen all 3 of them co-existing in my estate. I believe this is their relationships. And it doesn't help my estate is constantly surrounded by constructions. Not that construction sites keep snakes. But the forest clearing made the snakes migrate. They could possible live in the forest and come to the estate to feed. But now they live and feed here.

We need More CATS!!!

No more culling cats AVA Cats are the obvious solution.

Meanwhile I dont see the war

No wonder I found so many rats st the void deck

The rats just taking a stroll on 42 street broad daylight, Looking for broadway show !!

Control them with Pre-charged Pneumatic Airguns. Non Toxic Solution Guaranteed. Would love to help you guys out.

Time to pay the Piper!

He lives in Yoh Lung. Yoh Leh Moh Yeh!

My workplace got alot of rats also

Remember the game mouse hunt?😂

DIAMOND TEETH not many know it, rat infestation is one of the hardest to control they can slowly scrape & make one small hole to burrow inside a super hard shell of a coconut (ultimately, enjoying eating the flesh away) i had seen this quite alot rat's front teeth were like diamonds, it's super dooper hard!

Its just ratatouille and his friends calm down..

Everyone time to keep python as a pet now 😄😄 i means seriously 🙂

How about cats?

Digging everywhere. Where do u think the rats gonna go....they come out to the surface. Just like the wild life coming on to the roads. Rats didn't become extinct for centuries so we will never win but can only try to out pace it. Rats are highly intelligent too. Pigeons are also another pest.

yo' izzit legal to catch em ourselves? as a pet? theres like a hotspot of rats ay the garden area beside Courts toa payoh

they need to start breeding owls and snakes and release these predators to go after the rats

People should stop feeding the cats. If they do that the cats won’t be lazy and hunt for their one preys. Problem might be solved.

They’re coming from Malaysia

20:45 BuzzFeed Unsolved: Rats

There are rats at Hong Lim Park! They come out at night, unafraid of humans!

King Rat says "Catch me if you can". Singapore is an intelligent island, so these rats have got PhD in Escape-ology, from National University of Smart-Rats (NUS). In the folklore of Buddhism, Gautama Buddha, when he knew that he was dying, decided to give his final teaching or discourse, and all the living beings were invited. The first animal to arrive was the rat. The latter "don't miss nut'ing"! p/s - "nut'ing" is Cockney English of London East Enders, which is not far from Canary Wharf, where a lot of Singaporeans like to reside. 👍

Hi Mickeys! 😁

Same problem in Taiwan

Next time anyone sees signs of rat burrow or poop, take a pictures and notify the authourity immediately using OneService app.

another rat killing expect it’s modern Singapore mode lol

why not use cat?

Just eat them...haha

If the rats are not poisoned then they can sell them ... adoption ?? ...nvm

Singapore Big problems bedbugs . Singapore every where every house. What is the solution?

everywhere people say stray cats are a pest and want to neuter/spay them but since they can tell us that the amt of rats here are on the rise,we should just leave these cats alone and let them do what they have to do first :/This is just my opinion since i hear more cases about people killing cats and such

The cute and intelligent rats have returned courageously to our homeland as they are fully aware of Singapore's growing economy and higher standard of living. So they have now set up permanent residence all over Singapore and have adapted smartly to our modern way of life. However, the shy but friendly rats have mistakenly thought that the government has encouraged them to increase their population size.

More like cockroach problem

then let the community cats live then....... obviously the rat population would increase with AVA culling dem cats

Stop feeding cats

Gene drives.

Bring back the crows.

Just let the cats out :)