NYC School Shows How To Bait, Trap Rats

[The Straight Story]

NYC School Shows How To Bait, Trap Rats

POSTED: 9:26 am EST December 11, 2005

NEW YORK -- City officials -- hoping better educated foot soldiers can wage a smarter battle against an all-time high rat population -- have opened the Rodent Control Academy, an insitution of higher learning about vermin that scurry around in low places.

The city enlisted Bobby Corrigan to teach a decidedly creepy curriculum that strives to show city workers how to properly bait, trap and poison the rodents in ways that don't just drive an infestation down the block.

Rodent complaints and health department exterminations are at unprecedented highs in New York, and the little ruffians are everywhere - scampering through subway tunnels, rooting through trash, dashing across parks, burrowing into the walls of apartment buildings. They can transmit disease, start fires by gnawing on electrical cords, and sometimes bite, usually children and the elderly.

"There's no question that we have a rat problem ... the city has put out traps and poison at record rates," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in September while outlining the city's yearly report card, which showed a dramatic increase in rat complaints.

http://www.local6.com/news/5511691/detail.html

[Spinzonner]

1. And here I thought this was about dealing with

food shortages for the needy

:sarcasm:

[NMDemDist2]

2. bubonic plague anyone?

http://rarediseases.about.com/cs/bubonicplague/a/111602.htm

[Endangered Specie]

3. You know what the best way to catch an NYC rodent is?

Tell him that someone knocked down a building, then point to a room (the trap door) and tell him Time magazine's man of the year selection comittee is waiting for him.

[meow2u3]

4. The best weapon against rats

[frazzledmom]

5. Man, the rats in NY make that cat look tiny.... n/t

[NYC]

7. 15" from nose to rump.

The other one was just as long, but skinny like a ferret. I saw them a few days ago.

[aikoaiko]

6. Ruger 10/22 --- rat slayer

heres a purty one.