![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-found-a-rat-as-big-as-a-dog-in-my-back-garden-after-rodents-infested-my-house/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/crop-20270905.jpg&description=A RETIRED pub boss plagued by rats in his garden caught one as big as a small dog. Derek Blamire, 82, sets traps to snare the vermin, which keep invading from open land nearby to feast on his bird feed. Derek got wife Sylvia to take a snap of the kingsized beast as he held it up for the cameraCredit: Kennedy News Derek has caught 50 rats in recent yearsCredit: Kennedy News The rat entered Derek's garden from nearby free land and would raid his bird feederCredit: Kennedy News He got wife Sylvia, 80, to take a snap of the dead border terrier-sized rat as he held it up with a litter picker. Great-grandad Derek said 'From nose to tail, it was about 18 inches long. "It was the length of a small baby.' Sylvia added: 'It scared me to death.' He has caught 50 rats in recent years. Some have learned to avoid the baited traps so often Derek, of Blackburn, leaves his bird feeders empty to make the rodents hungrier and lure them in. He said: 'If they keep coming, I'll keep catching them. "I'm not going to give up.'){kind=link}
A RETIRED pub boss plagued by rats in his garden caught one as big as a small dog.
Derek Blamire, 82, sets traps to snare the vermin, which keep invading from open land nearby to feast on his bird feed.
He got wife Sylvia, 80, to take a snap of the dead border terrier-sized rat as he held it up with a litter picker.
Great-grandad Derek said “From nose to tail, it was about 18 inches long.
“It was the length of a small baby.”