Stray cat patrol: Feral felines deployed in NYC war on rats

Yahoo News ^ | October 22, 2016 | Unattributed

[BunnySlippers]

I wanted to see kitties in cop costumes!

[bigbob]

And the two-legged Rats

[mewzilla]

Well, maybe not ROUSs, but darn close!!!

How big ARE New York’s rats? Researcher catches one-and-a-half pound rodent three times the size of a normal beast

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3475418/How-big-New-York-s-rats-Researcher-catches-one-half-pound-rodent-three-times-size-normal-beast.html

[mewzilla]

In any case, why the war...?

NYC Health Commissioner: Rats Are Not A Health Risk

https://consumerist.com/2007/03/09/nyc-health-commissioner-rats-are-not-a-health-risk/

[Carriage Hill]

[butlerweave]

Go cats Go !! \o/

[dhs12345]

Certainly not a bad an idea. There are a lot of Democ...Rats in NYC.

[mewzilla]

I’ve got it! NYC needs rat satirists! Outlander fans, you know what I mean!

[353FMG]

NYC is run by RATs

[Artemis Webb]

It reminds me of the cartoon where Sylvester the cat keeps getting beaten up by the (kangaroo) mouse.

[mewzilla]

Meanwhile, Swedes’ are bigger...

Giant rat: Swedes agog at ‘Ratzilla’ in Stockholm

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26764929

[mewzilla]

Upstate is well aware. :-(

[moose07]

[OpusatFR]

“Some of those Norwegian wharf rats are larger than cats.”

Rats are terrified of cats. I’ve seen what happens when a feral colony comes into an infested area. The cats clean it out. I don’t care how big the rat is. Cats are DNA programmed killing machines.

Yum.

[leaning conservative]

Ping

[SkyDancer]

There must be millions of rats in NYC. There was a TV special about it and one person in the group talked about when he and a few others went on a rat killing job and came to this cave looking thing thing under the streets of New York. They heard this growl and just split. They were armed with high powered pellet rifles.

[mewzilla]

Rat Tart

https://youtu.be/jA1kaFgLuh0

[Daffynition]

I thought there were doggie/terrier groups patroling? I swear we had a thread.... about the dog-patrols.

[pabianice]

[dfwgator]

Black and orange stray cat sittin’ on a fence
Ain’t got enough dough to pay the rent
I’m flat broke, but I don’t care
I strut right by with my tail in the air

Stray cat strut, I’m a (Ladies’ cat)
I’m a feline Casanova (Hey, man, that’s where it’s at)
Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man
Get my dinner from a garbage can

Meow
Yeah, don’t cross my path

I don’t bother chasing mice around, oh, no
I slink down the alley looking for a fight
Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night
Singin’ the blues while the lady cats cry
“Wild stray cat, you’re a real gone guy
I wish I could be as carefree and wild
But I got cat class, and I got cat style”

I don’t bother chasing mice around
I slink down the alley looking for a fight
Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night
Singin’ the blues while the lady cats cry
“Wild stray cat, you’re a real gone guy
I wish I could be as carefree and wild
But I got cat class, and I got cat style”

Meow