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slily on June 9, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Clearing 500k feral cats from New York’s streets

Let's do this. And when we're done killing all the cats and the rat problem becomes worse and somehow the birds don't seem to return to the filthy and noisy concrete jungle with no trees we can just pretend it never happened.

teh_klev on June 9, 2023 [–]

> and the rat problem becomes worse

Cats usually won't tackle rats, this is even mentioned in the article.

Euphorbium on June 9, 2023 | [–]

The rats dont just pop out fully grown, the young rats are an easy prey.

teh_klev on June 9, 2023 | | [–]

Haven't you read any James Herbert?

Joking aside, cats aren't going to be very inclined to head into a lair to pick off their young.

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