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Hundreds of large feral rats found in N.M. home
Associated Press ^ | May 20, 2010

Posted on 05/20/2010 2:58:16 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) -- City animal control officers have started removing hundreds of large, feral rats from inside a Las Cruces rental home.

Animal shelter director Beth Vesco-Mock said the rats - some sickly and displaying evidence of fighting - are about the size of a four- to five-month-old kitten.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: bigrats; demorats; feral; feralrats; home; hundreds; lascruces; newmexico; rats
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To: Gabrial
I first read the title as large federal rats. lol
21 posted on 05/20/2010 3:44:56 PM PDT by verity
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To: Free ThinkerNY; LegendHasIt; Rogle; leapfrog0202; Santa Fe_Conservative; DesertDreamer; ...

NM list PING!

(The NM list is available on my FR homepage for anyone to use. Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)

22 posted on 05/20/2010 3:55:30 PM PDT by CedarDave (Arrogant Obama on tax day protesters: "YouÂ’d think they would be saying 'Thank You!'.")
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To: verity

>I first read the title as large federal rats. lol

LOL - That is much more amusing a headline.


23 posted on 05/20/2010 3:59:12 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

At least there weren’t no fed’ral rats.


24 posted on 05/20/2010 4:08:20 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Obi-Wan Palin: Strike her down and she shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

What sane person would dare occupy a home cohabiting with feral rats? What a lunatic....


25 posted on 05/20/2010 4:08:40 PM PDT by tflabo (Restore the Republic)
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To: tflabo

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Rats_in_the_Walls


26 posted on 05/20/2010 4:13:08 PM PDT by Eepsy (www.pioacademy.org)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Feral rats as opposed to domesticated, pet rats?
27 posted on 05/20/2010 4:19:11 PM PDT by SC DOC
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To: Free ThinkerNY

28 posted on 05/20/2010 4:19:54 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Hey, Barack "Hubris" Obama, $10 is all it would take, why spend millions to cover it up?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Feral rats? Isn’t that redundant?


29 posted on 05/20/2010 4:20:23 PM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: sportutegrl

No, there’s lab rats too.


30 posted on 05/20/2010 4:29:04 PM PDT by B4Ranch ("You cannot defeat an enemy you will not define.")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

31 posted on 05/20/2010 4:31:43 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: tflabo
What sane person would dare occupy a home cohabiting with feral rats? What a lunatic....

I've heard of 'crazy cat ladies', but 'crazy RAT ladies'?

She should get off in court on a plea of insanity.

32 posted on 05/20/2010 4:32:27 PM PDT by ARepublicanForAllReasons (BORDERS, LAWS and LANGUAGE)
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To: FreeAtlanta

ObaSoetoro tosses another one under the bus...


33 posted on 05/20/2010 5:42:16 PM PDT by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus)
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To: Beowulf9

Maybe she was blind and thought she was hoarding cats?? OMG!!! What a story. (gag)


34 posted on 05/20/2010 9:54:58 PM PDT by TNdandelion
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To: Kartographer

That was excellent! Bravo!


35 posted on 05/20/2010 9:56:43 PM PDT by TNdandelion
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