NEW YORK - If you've noticed more rats running around on the streets of New York City, you are not alone. Rat sightings are up and they are everywhere, according to city officials.
Through April of this year, people have called in some 7,425 rat sightings to the city's 311 service request line. That's up from 6,150 reports, an increase of about 20%, during the same period last year.
as a kid we used to kill the fucking things and get 50 cents per rat we brought to the local police station. but that was a very long time ago. welding gloves, bucket of water and a length of steel pipe. plus a bag to hold them. most times the cop at the desk wouldn't even count them, just ask how many and dump the damn things in the dumpster out back. I think they stopped that program back in the late 1960's though.
We used to go to the dump on the outskirts of town around dusk to shoot rats with .22's. That stopped when developers started building houses adjacent to the dump.
And here I thought that Chicago was the "rattiest" city in the land .. huh .. who knew? https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-voted-rattiest-city-in-u-s-for-7th-consecutive-year-report-shows/2653553/
The vast majority of rats in New York are two legged.....
ReplyDeleteas a kid we used to kill the fucking things and get 50 cents per rat we brought to the local police station. but that was a very long time ago. welding gloves, bucket of water and a length of steel pipe. plus a bag to hold them. most times the cop at the desk wouldn't even count them, just ask how many and dump the damn things in the dumpster out back.
ReplyDeleteI think they stopped that program back in the late 1960's though.
We used to go to the dump on the outskirts of town around dusk to shoot rats with .22's. That stopped when developers started building houses adjacent to the dump.
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They need to hire the Pied Piper of Harlem.
ReplyDeleteAnd here I thought that Chicago was the "rattiest" city in the land .. huh .. who knew?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-voted-rattiest-city-in-u-s-for-7th-consecutive-year-report-shows/2653553/
And those are just the ones in city hall.
ReplyDeletemaybe that campaign against feral cats they did a few years ago wasn't such a good idea after all
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