Posted on 12/20/2021 5:40:12 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
This will come as no surprise to anyone but New York City has a rat problem.
The Rats method of rat control – documented in grisly detail online – isn’t for everyone, but it receives scores of requests from New Yorkers each year. In a city this rat strewn, it seems people are willing to try anything.
On the other side of the fence we wait: eight people with eight dogs straining at their leashes, and me, standing there with my pants tucked into my socks, holding an iPhone. The dogs, all terriers, have quite literally smelt a rat, and are yapping and hopping about.
With a leap and barely suppressed squeal I evade the rat, but it’s a close call.
According to Columbia University, Norway rats arrived in the US on boats sometime around 1776, transported in boxes of grain by German soldiers recruited by the British to fight American colonists
“The rats at Bellevue are a bold and reckless race, and do not hesitate to come forth from their hiding places, and scamper about even in the presence of men in high position,” the Times reported.
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Hunting rats with dogs is not for everyone. Reynolds said animal rights groups, in particular, were unimpressed.
“Anyone who witnesses this cruelty should alert authorities immediately, as it’s a violation of New York’s anti-cruelty law, which applies as much to smaller mammals who feel pain and fear as to larger ones such as dogs.”
The general idea is that dogs kill the rats by shaking them vigorously, breaking their necks or backs. But that doesn’t always work. One rat ended up being beheaded, while another found itself subjected to a tug-of-war between two lusty terriers.
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There will be the idiots yelling “save the rats” just like on Kauai idiots yell “save the chickens” from those noisy invasive pests.
Cruelty.... So is rabies, plague, hanta, dysentery, and every other disease spread by the filthy creatures. My small dog LOVES killing vermin. Her breed was made for it. She kills them as fast as a rat trap. Good doggie
Can we send the dogs to DC? Big Rat problem there.
Many terrier breeds were developed in England prior to the banning of blood sport. The Manchester Terrier was particularly adept, and one named Jack Black was actually appointed Royal Rat Catcher.
Get a feist.
Reynolds said animal rights groups, in particular, were unimpressed.
“Anyone who witnesses this cruelty should alert authorities immediately, as it’s a violation of New York’s anti-cruelty law, which applies as much to smaller mammals who feel pain and fear as to larger ones such as dogs.”
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I would bet that 99% of the members of PETA and other animal rights organizations are pro-abortion...and cannot connect the dots between the 2 types of cruelty.
Old Wilhelm is the biggest rat in NY, oh yeah I forgot Alec, but one of them is.
Don’t No City Slicker say NOTHIN’ bout wild hog huntin’
Nice.
There’s also this to get rid of mice.
Top Gun Rodenticide.
https://www.oldhamchem.com/top-gun-bait-block-rodenticide
While on the subject of rat killings, here is the great Jerry Clower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z0q2p8tVpM
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