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'Genius' Rats Are Wreaking Havoc on Washington, DC
Gizmodo ^
| 12/14/18
| Catie Keck
Posted on 12/14/2018 2:27:08 AM PST by Duke C.
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12/14/2018 2:27:08 AM PST
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Duke C.
To: Duke C.
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posted on
12/14/2018 2:35:48 AM PST
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SMGFan
To: SMGFan
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posted on
12/14/2018 2:42:28 AM PST
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Duke C.
To: All
just something else to blame on global warming..
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posted on
12/14/2018 2:51:45 AM PST
by
newnhdad
(Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
To: Duke C.
San Fran Nan and Schmucky Schumer are definitely RATS, but theyre hardly geniuses!
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posted on
12/14/2018 2:52:30 AM PST
by
dowcaet
To: Duke C.
There must be an overabundance of feral cats somewhere.
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posted on
12/14/2018 3:00:20 AM PST
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skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: Duke C.
The neighborhood with the highest number of complaints in 2017 was Petworth, followed by Columbia Heights, Capitol Hill, Near Northeast, 16th Street Heights, Logan Circle, Park View, U Street and Shaw. Complaints in those neighborhoods represented about 43 percent of the complaints lodged last year. From 2016 to 2017, those neighborhoods saw between a 25 percent to 74 percent increase in rodent complaints. This year, they are on pace to see a repeat or increase in the number.
A big spike in year to year complaints suggests an organized effort by residents to organize and demand city action. FWIW, the neighborhoods listed comprise the bulk of Victorian era, brick row house Washington. They are older neighborhoods, very compact and densely populated. Think Victorian and federal style rowhouses of varying elegance and price points, tree lined streets, alleys and garages with modern midrise redevelopment crashing in along main streets and especially along metro corridors. Gentrification in Capitol Hill and Logan Circle is nearly complete, with a few pockets left to go, but the other neighborhoods listed are in the middle of very dramatic and rapid change. They are all going upscale fast. My guess is that the new residents are getting mobilized.
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posted on
12/14/2018 3:17:54 AM PST
by
sphinx
To: Duke C.
“With their numbers on the rise, DC now trails New York and Los Angeles for its rat population, the Associated Press reported...”
Funny, the democrat population is directly proportional to the rat population.
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posted on
12/14/2018 3:54:19 AM PST
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneoOn Monday, an EU court ruled that Britain could reverse its withdrawal unilaterally be)
To: Duke C.
'Genius' Rats Are Wreaking Havoc on Washington, DC ---
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I knew they couldn't be talking about the Demo-rats when I read the word, "genius".
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posted on
12/14/2018 3:56:45 AM PST
by
a little elbow grease
(Duct tape and cable ties have more worth than pussy hats and resistance.)
To: SMGFan
Don't forget his lil brother the Republicrat.
Remember they sat on their wallets for 8 years of Hussein!
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posted on
12/14/2018 4:01:54 AM PST
by
rawcatslyentist
("All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing")
To: skr
A lot of rats are just too big for cats.
That said, there's a great video at the source of this article with farmers using terriers for rat control. Not sure how one would control terriers in a city environment to keep them from running out in to the street but they might do a good job of keeping the population down.
To: Duke C.
I see this thread is being tended appropriately.
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posted on
12/14/2018 4:17:08 AM PST
by
GingisK
To: All
BTW that “ratting with terriers” video is in the comments section of this article.
To: Duke C.
(CNSNews.com) Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says he is worried that a new District of Columbia law that governs how pest control operators must handle rats may result in entire rodent families being relocated across the Potomac River into Virginia by D.C. pest control personnel. Lately, there have been reports of growing rat infestations around the Occupy DC protests at Freedom Plaza and McPherson Square. Cuccinelli said D.C.'s new rat law--the Wildlife Protection Act of 2010 (Wildlife Protection Act of 2010.pdf) --is crazier than fiction because it requires that rats and other vermin not be killed but captured, preferably in families; no glue or snap traps can be utilized; the rodents must be relocated from where they are captured; and some of these animals may need to be transferred to a wildlife rehabilitator as part of their relocation process....
@: http://tinyurl.com/ycrcpgbk
So there is that.
To: Bonemaker
Avoid DC restaurants with outside back patio seating or parking lots with dumpsters near. Ive seen a rat jump on a womens shoulder while she was eating at a restaurant. Just avoid DC.
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posted on
12/14/2018 4:47:23 AM PST
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cnsmom
To: Duke C.
To: Duke C.
The Secret of NIMH!
Still love that little animation. Brings to me a sense of Autumn.
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posted on
12/14/2018 5:08:47 AM PST
by
Samurai_Jack
(War is cruelty, there is no use trying to reform it; the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.)
To: Duke C.
There are a lot of rats trying cross the Mexican border.
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posted on
12/14/2018 5:09:02 AM PST
by
just me
(God bless President Trump and the USA)
To: Duke C.
Air rifles with night vision scopes. I’ve seen YouTube videos and it looks like great fun.
Not sure I’d pay for a hunting trip to DC but I bet there would be folks that would help them out if allowed.
To: sphinx
The Adams Morgan neighborhood has been infested for at least 2 decades.
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posted on
12/14/2018 5:43:50 AM PST
by
cnsmom
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