Neighbors: Fearless Rats Have Commandeered Park In Woodside, Queens

CBS 2 New York ^ | 08/01/13

[AtlasStalled]

Neighbors and a local city councilman have called on the city to step up its efforts, as a park in Woodside, Queens remains overrun with rats.

[presently no screen name]

LOL!!!!!!!

[momtothree]

Quit electing them..

That is the funniest post I read today! Thank you, RC!

[ErnBatavia]

I’m sure a BB gun would take care of ‘em..........mine works with the area ground squirrels, so I’m assuming would work on rats.

[tumblindice]

“Rats are dirty. They’re disgusting.” he said. “The final straw was when they began sending photos of their genitals to one another.”

[Mouton]

I’m sure a BB gun would take care of ‘em..........

but you may shoot your eye out!

[Pearls Before Swine]

This sounds like optimal conditions for breeding plague.

[T-Bird45]

Allow selling rats as food in NYC. Just think of food vendors selling roasted rat on a stick or curried rat.

So you're certain that's not happening now???

[Conservative4Ever]

Well played...lols

[FLAMING DEATH]

Find 5 good ol’ American boys, hand them each a $100 air rifle and 1000 pellets, and turn them loose. Problem solved.

We’d have KILLED to have such a ready-made shooting gallery when we were kids.

Instead, I guess those boys will be going to Camp Twink.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Oh yeh. I was just thinking how much fun it would be to take our Gamo Varminter out there with a six pack of Bud and do some rat plinkin. :-)

[Yorlik803]

Kill the rats and tell the new rich people its a fad food from Europe.
Soon Rats will be on the endangered list.

[YHAOS]

"As long as there is no salt, butter, trans fats or 32 oz. sodas in the vicinity, everything should be good to go."

Maybe add coconut butter to that list?

[onedoug]

Camp Twink

"No comment until the time limit is up."

[GoldenPup]

Queens remains overrun with rats.

And most of them vote.

[Stormdog]

“Maybe add coconut butter to that list?”

Did Napoleon Bloomberg outlaw that also?

[SES1066]

I would suggest cats but they would just get fat and move to Central Park with the rest of their kind.

[Defiant]

These guys will fix the problem.

[EinNYC]

The reason the rats are there is because people are being slobs and not taking proper care of their garbage. That area is largely Hispanic, with a large dose of Muzzies as well. The park, barely a speck of green in the midst of a concrete jungle, is right next to an overhead subway line, with all the trash discarded by subway riders. Across the street are several restaurants, with overflowing dumpsters in the back. Lots of rat food! Also, the City is very negligent about emptying trash receptacles on City streets. Many are overflowing, making a rat buffet.

Instead of using poisons, to which rats can become less susceptible and from which raptors can die from eating poisoned rats, why not use hawks as a natural rat control? Bring in area falconers with their hawks. The rat problem would be addressed without poisons or bullets in the City. The many pairs of redtailed hawks now residing in the city eat scores of rats. Rats, along with pigeons and squirrels, actually seem to comprise most of their diet.

[YHAOS]

"Did Napoleon Bloomberg outlaw that also?"

No. I think coconut oil was banned earlier.

[Defiant]

Cats would do the trick, too. Even more fun, issue pellet guns to all the local kids and send them out to hunt.