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Stockpilers face mass invasion of rats and mice due to huge stashes of food
Rats, mice and ants have been munching on the extra supplies hidden away in people’s cupboards, they claim.During the first lockdown last year, stockpilers hoarded an extra £1billion worth of food due to worries about the coronavirus pandemic.Peter Higgs, who runs PGH Pest Control, told the Sun: “People have got lots of rice and pasta and they’re putting it in places where they wouldn’t have stored food before — the under stairs cupboards, loft spaces, places like that."Because they’ve got so much of it, vermin are going to get in — and a lot of the time people won’t notice.”He said vermin often gets into cereal packets without homeowners even realising.The pest expert added: "As they run over it and poop in it, it sinks to the bottom, so
