You know, the point of all this was so we didn't leave any orphaned rats to fend for themselves.
Well, since the legislature assumes that it is possible to humanly trap them in family units, wouldn't it be much simpler to just make the requirement for the "wildlife control services provider" to just make every effort to exterminate them as a family unit?
And I'd guess that they are already trying to get as many of them as they can.