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A man who caught 19 rats at his house within a 24-hour period has said his young family have been forced to leave their home for safety reasons.
Michael McCann, his wife Paula and two young children are staying with friends after moving out of their Belfast home.
They told Belfast Live their Rutland Street house was "overrun" by rodents when they returned home from a holiday.
The couple said their cat, who they put into a cattery during their trip, had likely been keeping the rats at bay.
The couple said the rats had left faeces all over their house and chewed through the electric cables of their washing machine, microwave and kettle.
Mrs McCann said: "The house is owned by the Housing Executive and we've done our best to look after it really well despite the damp.
"But these rats are too much to cope with. They're disgusting and a danger to the health of my entire family and we just cannot stay there."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-37492876