A rat the size of a small cat has been found in a home in North Yorkshire, raising alarms about the increasing presence of large rodents in the UK. The discovery was made by a pest control professional, revealing a rat over 22 inches long from nose to tail.
The enormous rat was seen inside a property in Normanby, part of the Redcar and Cleveland area. Local councillors described it as almost the size of a small domestic cat, and it was captured in a large transparent bag by pest controllers. The rat's size is notable because it surpasses the previous record for the largest rat caught in Britain, which measured 21 inches in Bournemouth in 2018.
