Alan Howells, 76, trapped a 2ft-long super rat at his Swindon home Swindon has been plagued by rats resistant to conventional poisons Town's problems come as experts warn about dangers of new super rats Claims cuts to pest control budgets is making the problem even worse

By Claire Carter for MailOnline

Published: 07:40 EST, 15 February 2015 | Updated: 10:57 EST, 15 February 2015

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Alan Howells caught a 2ft rat at his Swindon home

A grandfather was forced to set a trap to catch a 2ft long super rat that had been plaguing his home as experts have warned of a new army of rats that are immune to most poisons.

Alan Howells took action after he found a rat leaving droppings and scurrying around his Swindon home, as the town struggles with a growing number of the pests.

The pensioner's plight comes as experts have warned about the danger of populations of super rats emerging in England as local authorities slash their pest control budgets.

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A plague of giant mutant super rats resistant to traditional pesticides could soon outnumber the human population of Britain by a ratio of two to one.

That's the terrifying doomsday warning from pest control experts who may just have a vested interest in not seeing their budgets further slashed by local authorities.

An increasing number of huge mutant rats - some up to 18 inches long - have been spotted across the UK in recent years thanks to the abundance of food strewnaround by litter louts whodumptheir pizza and burger leftoverson the streets. Dash it all, one outsize middle-class rodent was even spotted recentlyin London's fashionable Belsize Park.

Yet pest control budgets have been slashed by a quarter, with 200 local authorities in England spending 24.4 per cent less on average since 2010. There has also been a 16 per cent cut in the amount spent on street cleaning.

The British Pest Control Association warns that rat numbers are rising by about 15 per cent a year, driven by the ready availability of food.

And John McNeice, director of Scottish Pest Control Services, told the Daily Mail: "We see big rats in cold stores. The rats grow a very thick fur. That can make them look bigger. You might see a rat under a pallet that looks as big as a cat."

The Mail reports that genetic testing carried out at Huddersfield University has indicated that some rats have developed a mutation that allows them to survive conventional poisons. As a result, some pest controllers want stronger poisons to be allowed.

Meanwhile, in other rodent-related news, scientists in Norway have announced that black rats may have been wrongly blamed for spreading the bubonic plague, which killed millions of people across Europe from the mid-14th century. They now believe that GERBILS from Asia may have been responsible for the deadly epidemics of the Black Death.

"If we're right, we'll have to rewrite that part of history," said Professor Nils Christian Stenseth, of the University of Oslo, as reported by the BBC.

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