As more cargo ships come to the BVI they also introduce all types of small, and not so small, rodents, some of them very proliferate and dangerous. It is a well know fact that rats are carriers of every conceivable disease, including bubonic plague. It is also a fact that once upon a time only on a rainy day one would see a few dead frogs on the asphalt, squashed by the vehicles. Now it only takes a five minute walk to encounter the remains of a rat that has crossed the road. This is how proliferate they are.
Most housewives are very much aware of the problem.
These rats come in every size, colour and shape. They are very obstinate and once they enter your home it takes a nuclear bomb to get rid of them. To shrug one's shoulders about this problem is simply irresponsible behaviour. We remember with horror the shelf of a supermarket where candy bars and snacks had been inspected by some resident rat. Given the access these pests have to dump sites, garbage dumps, and the like we can only prognosticate that they will prosper and multiply exponentially until there will be millions of them.