City: Rat population has ‘exploded’ around Occupy D.C. camps

washingtonpost.com ^ | Jan. 9, 2012 | Annie Gowen

[Berlin_Freeper]

The rat population around the two Occupy D.C. camps at McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza has “exploded”since protesters began their vigil in October, according to Mohammad N. Akhter, the director of the District’s Department of Health.

Akhter said in an interview Monday that city health inspectors have seen rats running openly through both camps and spotted numerous new burrows and nests underneath hay-stuffed pallets occupiers are using for beds. Both campsites had working kitchens for weeks until last week, but protesters at McPherson Square voluntarily closed down theirs after health inspectors pointed out unsanitary conditions during an informal monitoring visit.

Akhter said his concerns about the health and safety at the camps prompted him to order a city-wide review of conditions there, including input from health inspectors, mental health professionals, experts on the homeless and others.

[gimme1ibertee]

Maybe the rats will carry the filthy offenders away,since the cops won’t do it.

[animal172]

Don’t rats usually bed down with rats? Seems to be a marriage made in Liberal Land. I do feel sorry for the rats in a way. Would you want to live with the Occupiers?

[Red Badger]

Those poor rats having to live around that filth!.......

[IMR 4350]

Typical of dems, they'll gather anywhere there's a camera.

[Argus]

Folks who want to “fundamentally change” our civilization tend to forget that it exists in its present form for a number of reasons, one of them being the prevention of rodent infestations and the ensuing rampant spread of disease.

[TribalPrincess2U]

DUH!

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The infestation started January 19, 2009.

[skimbell]

"The rat population around...D.C...has “exploded”.

Thought that they were still in Hawaii.

[rex regnum insanit]

Next: Plague breaks out at Occupy DC - Bush to blame!

[LRS]

The real world: you can’t just make these things up!

[formosa]

When you lay down with Dems, you’re bound to get rats.

[GraceG]

Cause - Effect - Cause - Effect ........

[drbuzzard]

How do they tell the protesters from the rats?

[DJ MacWoW]

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[BitWielder1]

Two-legged or four-legged?

[Berlin_Freeper]

[Pearls Before Swine]

How do they tell the protesters from the rats?

The signs of bubonic plague are more obvious on humans.

[bog trotter]

Uh....”birds” of a feather, DO flock together.

[kalee]

Bad weather today in DC. When my sil left the Pentagon to head home around 4 PM it was sleeting. VA suburbs are getting snow. There are road advisories and some cancellations have already been announced.