NYC's new rat-killing weapon is wildly successful – for now
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NYC's new rat-killing weapon is wildly successful – for now
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Re: NYC's new rat-killing weapon is wildly successful – for now
#2The real solution is quite simple: trash cans
The reason why NYC has such a rat epidemic is because they literally throw their trash bags on the street. Which leads to some getting ripped open and leaving food for pests.
Re: NYC's new rat-killing weapon is wildly successful – for now
#3The real solution is quite simple: trash cans The reason why NYC has such a rat epidemic is because they literally throw their trash bags on the street. Which leads to some getting ripped open and leaving food for pests.
New Yorkers are so precious about this. I've heard pages and pages of excuses why trash containers can't possibly work in New York City, despite literally every other city in the developed world-- including all the others in the United States-- somehow managing to master this arcane technology.
Re: NYC's new rat-killing weapon is wildly successful – for now
#4The real solution is quite simple: trash cans The reason why NYC has such a rat epidemic is because they literally throw their trash bags on the street. Which leads to some getting ripped open and leaving food for pests.
Careful. You might then get javelinas like we do in Phoenix. They'll just kick over the trashcan.
Re: NYC's new rat-killing weapon is wildly successful – for now
#5>>[...] a lot of people don't want to give up street parking spots for garbage containers.
This is an understatement. A New Yorker with a car that doesn't/can't pay the monthly indoor garage fees will fight tooth and nail for street parking.
Re: NYC's new rat-killing weapon is wildly successful – for now
#6The real solution is quite simple: trash cans The reason why NYC has such a rat epidemic is because they literally throw their trash bags on the street. Which leads to some getting ripped open and leaving food for pests.
The first time I visited NYC, I was appalled that so many people just casually live in the stink of street trash 24/7. They just don't see it as an issue, strangely
Re: NYC's new rat-killing weapon is wildly successful – for now
#7How about giant glue traps?
Re: NYC's new rat-killing weapon is wildly successful – for now
#8The real solution is quite simple: trash cans The reason why NYC has such a rat epidemic is because they literally throw their trash bags on the street. Which leads to some getting ripped open and leaving food for pests.
Trash cans aren't viable because of shortcomings in our infrastructure; we don't have alleyways. Large apartment buildings use dumpsters or basement trash rooms, but you can't exactly cart those out on to the sidewalk. Street side pickup is the only option barring rebuilding the city, and a garbage man isn't picking up an entire trash can. Having a truck pick up the garbage can would also encounter issues with space and time. That's how we landed on our current... well... "solution".
Also trash cans aren't foolproof. I've encountered more than a few of the critters digging through our refuse, along with a trash panda once or twice. The bags aren't rat proof either; it's not that they rip, but rather the rats chew through.
Complicated problem with a lot of legacy infrastructure debt.
Re: NYC's new rat-killing weapon is wildly successful – for now
#9The original NYC "Director of Rodent Mitigation" Rat Czar job posting was hilarious, but completely serious. The municipal government took down the job posting once it was filled, but copies are still floating around for posterity[1].
[1] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11493659/Seeking-le...
Re: NYC's new rat-killing weapon is wildly successful – for now
#10Need to lift that ferret ban, let the ferrets work.