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Title: Homeless Cats Recruited to Fight Rising Tide of Rats
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URL Source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/ ... t-washington-dogs-rat-control/
Published: Oct 2, 2017
Author: Erika Engelhaupt
Post Date: 2017-10-02 08:15:26 by Ada
Keywords: None
Views: 211
Comments: 7

There’s a new sheriff in Washington D.C. alleys: adopted feral cats. But as rodent-killing machines, New York’s terriers are even better.

Complaints about rats are on the rise in Washington, D.C., and the city is looking for new ways to keep populations down. This rat is hunting for a meal in trash cans in the the district's Park View neighborhood. WASHINGTON D.C.The killer is caged, his prey just beyond reach. Soon he’ll prowl the streets, but for now he’s hiding under a fluffy fleece bed, only his small pink nose and white paws poking out.

His name is Miso, and he’s a cat with his work cut out for him. Miso’s new home is an alley in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington D.C., and it’s teeming with rats. More than 50 trash and recycling bins line the alley behind a stretch of row houses, and almost every plastic bin has a fist-sized hole where a rat has chewed through. At dusk, dozens of rats scurry across the alley, diving into the holes to collect their dinner.

That’s what Miso is here to help with. He’s a feral cat, born on the streets and brought here not as a pet, but to do a job. He’ll spend about three weeks in the covered cage being fed and sheltered as an incentive to stick around once he’s released from the cage—when, if he follows the human plan, he’ll start catching rats.

Feral cats are just one kind of animal that some cities are embracing for their rat-killing prowess. In New York City, a group of rat-hunting terrier, dachshund, and mutt owners patrol the streets. Chicago has even given urban coyotes an uneasy embrace. For the most part, these animals aren’t part of official city programs, but unofficially, most cities are game for whatever kills rats. The question is how much help they can offer.

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#1. To: Ada (#0)

The Pied Piper of Hamelin did a great job with the rats. ;)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Pied_Piper_of_Hamelin

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2017-10-05   7:00:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Ada (#0)

U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY

HAPPY2BME-4UM  posted on  2017-10-05   11:20:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: BTP Holdings (#1)

U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY

HAPPY2BME-4UM  posted on  2017-10-05   11:26:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: BTP Holdings (#1) (Edited)

I have a 'Rat Terrier/Chihuahua' mix bitch that is 30" from tip of nose to tip of tail. She's not afraid of ANYTHING. She searches and searches for something to KILL in our fenced in back yard. I have her on video going up against a 25 lb racoon twice her size - and the racoon RAN!

U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY

HAPPY2BME-4UM  posted on  2017-10-05   11:29:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#4)

I have her on video going up against a 25 lb racoon twice her size - and the racoon RAN!

ROTFLMAO!

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2017-10-06   7:49:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#4)

The terrier was defending its home ground.

Ada  posted on  2017-10-06   16:15:21 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#3)

Rats stand no chance against terriers. Cats are a different story.

Ada  posted on  2017-10-06   16:16:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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