1.   But one reader said the geckoes would attract rats.

2.   New York has an abundance of rats, she says, because residents have negative attitudes and foul moods that magnetically attract rats.

3.   The trouble is that the rats are attracted by the rations the miners bring with them.

4.   The trash attracts large rats, she said, and sickens her four children.

5.   They threw their trash around, attracting rats that brought lice.

6.   He said rats probably were attracted to the airport from nearby plantations because a lack of bins meant rubbish was being thrown outside the compound, the paper added.