'You could hear them in the walls': Leaside residents blame rat infestation on neighbour feeding wildlife

Muzammil Hussain October 30, 2025

Jennifer King, of Randolph, says rats have chewed her porch posts. She says they're being attracted by the food that a neighbour leaves out for local wildlife, despite city regulations against the practice.

Residents of a street in Toronto's Leaside neighbourhood say they're fighting a rat infestation brought on by a neighbour who refuses to stop feeding wildlife in her backyard.

Residents of a street in Toronto's Leaside neighbourhood say they're fighting a rat infestation brought on by a neighbour who refuses to stop feeding wildlife in her backyard. Jennifer King, of Randolph, says rats have chewed her porch posts. She says they're being attracted by the food that a neighbour leaves out for local wildlife, despite city regulations against the practice.

Residents of a street in Toronto's Leaside neighbourhood say they're fighting a rat infestation brought on by a neighbour who refuses to stop feeding wildlife in her backyard.