Vermin concerns: Rat treatment cases soar across South Lanarkshire
iOS - Android However the SNP insists the higher figures are a good thing - as it shows "trust" in the council to sort the problem.In 2017/2018, the council carried out a total of 482 rat treatments, a figure which climbed to 752 the following year.The numbers increased again for 2019/2020, to 880, before leaping to 1449 in 2020/2021, when the pandemic is believed to have impacted the figures, with the lack of a night time economy meaning rats were travelling further to find food, including into local homes and gardens.However, Labour party members say that doesn't explain why the numbers were already increasing year-on-year prior to coronavirus.Opposition leader, Councillor Joe Fagan, said: "These figures show that South Lanarkshire went