GADDAFI'S pounds 24m RAT CATCHERS; UK firm hunt pests in Libya.Byline: Mark McGivern RENTOKIL have won a pounds 24million contract to kill rats - from Colonel Gaddafi. The Libyan dictator, left, asked the pest control pest control n → control m de plagas pest control n → lutte f contre les nuisibles pest control pest n firm to try to prevent a rat plague in his country's big cities. The Libyans fear outbreaks of diseases such as salmonella, meningitis and rat bite fever. Rentokil also hope to get rid of leishmaniasis leishmaniasis (lēsh'mənī`əsĭs), any of a group of tropical diseases caused by parasitic protozoans of the genus Leishmania. - a devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. disease prevalent in North Africa and the Middle East that is transmitted by sand flies. A team of 32 specialists have been sent out as part of the three-year deal. They have set 150,000 rat traps in the country Rentokil said locals had been enthusiastic about their early involvement. Richard Jones, the firm's manager in Libya, said "They are keen to remedy the pest problem and are eager to help." |
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