"I didn't know this job until a friend told me about it with stars in my eyes. For him, the job of deratiseur was "the most beautiful in the world"" says Ivan Rimbaud, manager of Halte Nuisibles. Brut followed him in his daily professional life.

During each of his visits, Ivan gives basic advice: "If the rat is in your environment, at home, it is because it has entered from somewhere. So we will try to find by the place by which it entered to prevent it from happening again. That's the priority," explains the deratizer.

"It must be remembered that the rodent is a vector of diseases and pathogens, and that this has consequences on human health," adds the young entrepreneur. So you can't let rats 'settle' in a restaurant."

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But hunting pests does not mean destroying them: "The idea of rat control is not to eliminate all rodents because they have their place, we need them. After all, if they are there, there is a reason! On the other hand, they have absolutely no place with us, "says the deratizer.

This article is produced by Brut and hosted by 20 Minutes.

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