Editing Fancy rat (section)

=== Availability ===
{{Anchor|Accessibility}}<!--Old heading name.-->Because ''[[R. norvegicus]]'' and related species are seen as pests, their intentional import into foreign countries is often regulated. For example, the importation of foreign rodents is prohibited in [[Invasive species in Australia|Australia]],<ref name="aqis">{{cite web |url=http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis/cat-dogs/other |title=Other Pets – DAFF |publisher=Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service |access-date=3 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225171457/http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis/cat-dogs/other |archive-date=25 February 2009 }}</ref> and so various coat types, colors, and varieties have been bred separately from foreign lines, or are just not obtainable within that country (for example, hairless and Dumbo rats do not exist in Australia). In other areas, like the Canadian province of [[Alberta]], which is considered rat-free,<ref name="Bourne">{{cite web|last=Bourne|first=John|title=The History of Rat Control in Alberta|work=Agriculture and Food|publisher=Alberta Department of Agriculture|date=1 October 2002|url=http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex3441|access-date=1 December 2007|archive-date=25 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925063521/http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex3441|url-status=dead}}</ref> the ownership of domestic fancy rats outside of schools, laboratories, and zoos is illegal.<ref name="Bourne" />