Pretty seaside village infested with 'rats the size of dogs'

Locals person spotted rats 'the size of dogs' (Image: Getty)

East Runton successful Norfolk has agelong been a  tourist draw, particularly for camping and caravan holidays, acknowledgment to its quiet sandy beaches and long, winding footpaths.

But holidaymakers and locals alike person been getting much than they bargained for connected the wildlife beforehand recently, and person been forced to contend with a "colony" of "rats the size of dogs" taking implicit a section car park.

The ample rodents look to person seized a North Norfolk District Council-run tract adjacent Beach Road, with eyewitnesses describing the country arsenic "absolutely infested".

Locals person besides said the rats "do not attraction astir humans being around" and person dubbed the infestation a "disgusting wellness hazard".

East Runton is fashionable with visitors for its agelong sandy beaches (Image: Getty)

Runton Parish Council has hired Millennium Pest Control successful a bid to tackle the problem, the Eastern Daily Press reports, with specializer workers Tony Bennet and James Trainer starring the response.

The institution says the infestation has been processing implicit respective months, with an exigency eight-week power programme presently underway.

Additional measures person besides been recommended to section authories, including much predominant bin disposals and trimming backmost adjacent hedgerows.

Rats person taken implicit a section car park, according to locals (Image: Getty)

Time is of the essence, however, with Mr Bennet telling the EDP: "One brace of rats tin person up to 1,000 babies a twelvemonth if they person the close conditions."

Callum Ringer, the council's portfolio holder for IT, biology and discarded services said enactment was being taken to tackle the occupation including baiting and structure improvements.

He added that helium was "unhappy" astir the hold successful responding to the contented but suggested determination wasn't an evident "silver bullet" solution.