Rome to step up disinfestation of Colosseum rats

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 28 - Rome is to set up disinfestation of rats around the Colosseum after tourist videos of the rodents near the iconic monument went viral on the Internet.
    "There are about seven million rats in the capital, meaning each Roman has about 2. 5 each, but some are more prominent than others, which is why we are taking this action," said cultural officials.
    Rat catchers and killers will be employed in and around the Colosseum after the videos were posted showing the animals rummaging through discarded food wrappers, plastic bottles and scraps of food in the vicinity of the Flavian Amphitheatre.
    (ANSA).