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Inside the vigilante group of New Yorkers who hunt rats at night

Rats aren't only a part of New York City’s underground — they're an inseparable part of its pop culture. There’s Master Splinter from the Ninja Turtles, Pizza Rat, and even Cannibal Rat. But for every celebrity rat, there’s another 250,000 to 2 million anonymous rodents living in the city — and the city health department is fighting to bring down.

Last year, three people in a Bronx city block made the news for contracting leptospirosis through rat urine. Only two survived.

Inside the vigilante group

Wildlife experts urge Americans to catch, cook and EAT rat-like rodents terrorizing the nation

Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa’s property was ‘breeding ground for infestation’

Hotel employee, 26, dies of rare rat-linked virus

Tags: Animals, Contagion, Dedication, Destruction, Disease, Ecology, Environment, Health, History, Hunting, Kill, Laws, Pests, Population, Program, Respect, Science, Survival, Terraforming, Toxic, Vermin, Warning, Wildlife

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26-Apr-2025

Why are we catching more diseases from animals?

The world is grappling with the new coronavirus, which has spread from China to at least 15 other countries.

Outbreaks of new infectious diseases are typically seen as a "one off".

But the new virus - thought to have stemmed from wildlife - highlights our risk from animal-borne disease. This is likely to be more of a problem in future as climate change and globalisation alter the way animals and humans interact.

How can animals make people ill?
In the past 50 years, a host of infectious diseases have spread rapidly after making the evolutionary jump from animals to humans.

The HIV/Aids crisis of the 1980s originated from great apes, the 2004-07 avian flu pandemic came from birds, and pigs gave us the swine flu pandemic in 2009. More recently, it was discovered severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) came from bats, via civets, while bats also gave us Ebola.

Humans have always caught diseases from animals. In fact, most new infectious diseases come from wildlife.

Why are we catching more diseases from animals

Some pet owners are advocating against rabies vaccines

Hundreds of baby emperor penguins stranded on breakaway iceberg miraculously survive

Westfield Health Department Tells Owners to Keep Cats Indoors

It's time to worry about bird flu in cats

PS family says rat infestation caused severe illnesses and forced them out of their home

Rare virus that killed Gene Hackman's wife linked to 3 deaths in California town

Tags: Animals, Backlash, Choices, Contagion, Death, Demands, Development, Disease, Environment, Etiquette, Health, Hostility, Injury, Lifestyle, Medical, Nature, Neglect, Neighbor, Outbreak, Overpopulation, Pests, Pets, Politics, Priorities, Safety, Science, Survival, Terraforming, Threat, Treatment, Vermin, Virus, Warning

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05-Apr-2025

Man strangles coyote after animal attacks his child during family walk

A coyote attacked several people within hours Monday before being killed by a local man after the animal tried to bite his son, according to Kensington police.

Kensington Police Chief Scott Cain said the man was walking with his family on Phillips Exeter Academy’s Red Trail on the Kensington-Exeter line when the coyote appeared and attacked the family’s young son.

Cain said the coyote was only able to bite the child’s jacket before the father grabbed the animal and strangled it to death. However, in the struggle, the father was bitten and he had to go to the hospital to receive rabies shots, Cain said.

Man strangles coyote

Mountain lion attacks and injures child in Orange County wilderness park

Woman Arrested for Stabbing Dog

Pygmy elephant gores handler to death

Man Charged in Dog Mauling Death of 7-Year-Old Girl

Toddler's Parents Do Nothing As He Hits Pit Bull With A Water Bottle

Sint Maarten approves plan to destroy entire population of vervet monkeys

Polar bear kills woman and boy

Ten lions killed in Kenya

...bear smacks woman in the face on restaurant patio

Tags: Animals, Attack, Backlash, Children, Death, Environment, Injury, Kill, Men In Charge, Nature, Parental Burden, Parental Crime, Parental Laziness, Pests, Pets, Responsibility, Safety, Survival, Termination, Threat, Video, Violence, World

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04-Nov-2024

Cat owners place their pets on VEGAN diets, despite warnings from vets

Cats are being put on trendy vegan diets by owners, despite vets warning that a total lack of meat can be fatal for their pets.

Cat owners place their pets on VEGAN diets

Dogs poop less if they eat human-grade food

Warning over new breed of super rodents

‘We Were Killing Them With These Little Pitchforks’

Rats raid storage units, destroying belongings worth thousands of dollars

How to keep rats out of homes and gardens

Rats are taking over a Soledad neighborhood

Jury convicts father after infant son suffers over 50 rat bites

Tags: Addiction, Animals, Attack, Children, Choices, Contamination, Danger, Destruction, Diet, Effect, Environment, Extinction, Food, Health, Injury, Interference, Kill, Nature, Parental Crime, Pests, Pets, Population Control, Protection, Reckless, Safety, Self Interest, Stupid, Terraforming, Toxic, Vermin, Warning

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16-Sep-2024

Cats Kill a Staggering Number of Species across the World

Exotic species such as pythons, Asian carp and cane toads often dominate the invasive species discourse. Few biological invaders, however, have wreaked as much ecological havoc as one of our most cuddly companions: cats.

Cats Kill a Staggering Number of Species

CHILDHOOD CAT EXPOSURE ONCE AGAIN LINKED TO SCHIZOPHRENIA

Wyoming hunter tortured wolf, paraded it around bar then shot it dead

Having a Cat Can Double Your Chances of Developing Schizophrenia

Horrifying last moments of mum eaten alive by safari park tiger

FURIOUS MONKEYS TEAR DOWN ANTI-MONKEY POSTERS

Dog owner allegedly decapitates bulldog after adopting him

City Defends Cop Who Shot Man's Blind, Deaf Dog

Las Vegas valley struggles with rabbit overpopulation

Tags: Animals, Change, Children, Choices, Death, Disease, Environment, Health, Interference, Kill, Killer, Mental Health, Misconduct, Nature, Neglect, Overpopulation, Parental Burden, Pests, Pets, Safety, Terraforming, Threat, Treatment, Violence, Warning, World

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26-Aug-2024

Employee Caught on Camera Using Floor Mop to Clean Tables at N Fl Restaurant

A fast food restaurant is apologizing after an employee at a North Florida location was caught on camera using a floor mop to clean the top of tables.

The video, shot at a Burger King located in the Jacksonville area, shows the employee using the mop on the table before going back to using it on the floor.

NBC affiliate WBBH-TV reports the company released a statement apologizing for the actions of the employee, calling it “unacceptable” but did not say if that worker had been disciplined.

Employee Caught on Camera

Flies, cockroaches, no hot water close 3 Coachella Valley spots

Tags: Business, Chemicals, Choices, Clean, Contamination, Employment, Environment, Fail, Health, Mental Health, Pests, Respect, Responsibility, Restaurant, Warning

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01-Jul-2024

RATS HAVE ALREADY WON

What we do know is that recorded rat sightings in New York are at an all-time high. In December, Mayor Eric Adams posted, with great fanfare, a job announcement: The city was looking for a “highly motivated and somewhat bloodthirsty” candidate to take on the newly restored position of rat czar. (A brilliant idea, I thought; I had, after all, suggested that he take such action in an open letter.) Yet, three months later, the position still hasn’t been filled. A few weeks ago, the mayor himself had to pay a $300 fine for failing to control rats at a rowhouse he rents out to tenants.

RATS HAVE ALREADY WON

Rodent droppings found at restaurant

They Lost Their Jobs Because They Put Their Dog Down

Growing number of Mass. communities being overrun by pesky rodents

Rats found infected with virus that causes COVID

Rat soup shuts down popular restaurant

Is Birth Control the Solution?

Rat problem?

Infectious disease spread by rat urine seeps into NYC

Rat urine is causing uptick in rare disease

Tags: Accusation, Animals, Attack, Bacteria, Choices, City, Clean, Contagion, Contamination, Court, Culture, Danger, Death, Disease, Environment, Family, Food, Health, Illness, Kill, Neglect, Outbreak, Performance, Pests, Politics, Restaurant, Safety, Shutdown, Support, Survival, Takeover, Termination, Terraforming, Threat, Toxic, Vermin, Warning

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19-Apr-2024

Lawmakers approve use of deadly force against bears

The hotly debated legislation stopped short of calling for a culling of the bear population through hunting.

Lawmakers

...video of children chanting with dead animals emerges

Alligator kills 69-year-old woman

Boy, 6, fatally mauled by dog on Fourth of July

Tootie Pootie is mauled to death by pit bull

Man kicked cat like ‘a football then doused it with gas and lit on fire

Hiker, 47, killed by grizzly bear while out jogging

At least 30 dead dogs found at animal rescue

Animal shelters quickly filling up amid rise in pet abandonments

XL bully dogs to be banned from end of this year

Tags: Animals, Attack, Children, Choices, Cruelty, Danger, Death, Ecology, Environment, Etiquette, Hate, Hunting, Kill, Killer, Laws, Nature, Neglect, Overpopulation, Parental Burden, Parental Crime, Pests, Pets, Population Control, Prison, Punishment, Rejection, Safety, Seniors, Threat, Tradition, Video, Violence, Wildlife, Youth

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01-Nov-2023

Your Pet’s Waste May Be Trashing the Environment

Dog and cat waste may seem harmless, but the reality is that your pet’s poop can be very problematic for ecosystems where it accumulates. Think of an ecosystem as a closed box. Within that closed box is everything that makes up an ecosystem: the dirt, the bugs, the animals, the plants, the microbes, and all the different chemicals necessary for the functioning of each of the organisms that call this “box” home. Some organisms prefer some chemicals in abundance; others do not. As such, a homeostasis of sorts develops over time that eventually balances the populations of each organism in the box.

Your Pet’s Waste May Be Trashing the Environment

The Great Veterinary Shortage

Cops hunt masked gunman who has fatally shot four horses at close range

Thief tries to SNATCH $6,000 French bulldog from its owner

Tiny pet turtles cited as cause for salmonella outbreak

Cats Are An Alien Invasive Species

World Economic Forum suggests killing pets to help climate

FS to shoot wild cattle in NM wilderness from helicopters

Tropical fish are terrible for the environment

Tags: Animals, Care, Children, Contagion, Contamination, Disease, Environment, Hunting, Kill, Labor Shortage, Medical, Nature, Pests, Pets, Theft, Toxic, Video, Waste, Wildlife, World

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13-Jul-2023

West Nile virus and invasive mosquitos arrive in Shasta County

Positive tests from samples of adult mosquitos in the Anderson and Shingletown area confirm the West Nile virus has returned to Shasta county.

The Shasta Mosquito and Vector Control District (SMVCD) said in a press release Saturday that the positive tests came from routine collections as part of their surveillance program. The district is now attempting to decrease mosquito populations through ground treatments in areas where the positive mosquitos were found. They are also continuing their widespread mosquito trapping and testing to monitor virus activity.

West Nile virus and invasive mosquitos arrive in Shasta County

Mosquitoes carrying a virus that causes paralysis and death are swarming at least 6 states

California has reported its first West Nile death of the year

Protecting yourself from mosquito-borne diseases

OC man tests positive for West Nile virus

Tags: Awareness, Death, Environment, Health, Infected, Insects, Pests, Safety, Science, Terraforming, Threat, Warning

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14-Aug-2022

Young Actor Tells Personal, Frustrating Story of Getting Monkeypox

“I was hesitant about tweeting about it at first because it can be really embarrassing,” Matt Ford an actor, director, and party host tells Out. Ford tweeted about his experience with monkeypox late last week. “You have all these spots all over you. It’s a disease that doesn’t sound cute, it doesn’t look cute. It’s not hard to imagine the stigma.”

Getting Monkeypox

Giant African snail enacts parasite quarantine in FL

Frisky orangutan grabs woman’s breasts

1 Dead, 22 Hospitalized in Listeria Outbreak Linked to Fl

CDC links Sarasota ice cream to listeria outbreak

Gay men with monkeypox share their stories

‘Absolutely be concerned.’

Man likely spread monkeypox through sex with multiple men

CHILD monkeypox cases were likely infected by contact with gay or bi men

'It hurts to exist'

Tags: Children, Contagion, Death, Disease, Environment, Food, Gay, Heat, Illness, LGBTQ, Misrepresentation, Nature, Pests, Poison, Safety, Sex, Surge, Video, Warning

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25-Jul-2022

This is what happens to all the rats when cities flood

The New York City health department knows some rats drown when there is severe flooding, but as the city doesn't take rat censuses, there is no data on how many, spokesperson Michael Lanza said. The department uses complaints of rat sightings and inspection reports to track rodent activity. So far, reports have not increased since Ida passed through. The same is true in Philadelphia, which was also ravaged by rain, according to health department officials there.

This is what happens to all the rats

‘Ankle Biter’ Mosquito Population On The Rise In Orange County

THE RAT PACK

Tags: Animals, Disease, Environment, Health, Infestation, Insects, List, Neglect, Pests, Surge, Survival, Terraforming, Water, Weather, Wildlife

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22-Oct-2021

Southern California travelers warned not to transport backyard citrus fruit

The transport of backyard oranges, lemons, grapefruits and kumquats is illegal in most of Southern California, which is under a citrus fruit and plant quarantine. That’s because movement of fruit, citrus trees and even seeds can unknowingly spread a pest that can infect healthy citrus trees with a deadly plant disease that has no cure.

“Any citrus grown in your yard should not be moved,” explained Victoria Hornbaker, director of the Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Division at the California Department of Food and Agriculture. “You can share them locally with neighbors.”

By locally, she means within your neighborhood. And if you do share fruit with neighbors, make sure you strip off all the leaves and wash the fruit thoroughly before moving it from your property, to remove any trace of the ACP or leaves infected with HLB.

Southern California travelers warned

Trees to Avoid Having in Your Yard

Rain is about to set off the 'tick time bomb' in California

Tags: Awareness, Ban, Danger, Death, Disease, Environment, Insects, Laws, Nature, Pests, Pets, Terraforming

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22-Oct-2021

Streetlights are making caterpillars grow up faster—and that’s a bad thing

To gather caterpillars from hedges, “you basically stick drain piping or any kind of open surface under the hedge, and then you basically whack the hedge with a stick five times. Which causes all of the caterpillars to fall out of the hedge and into your receptacles. So that was quite fun.”

In the grass, it’s a bit easier. “The caterpillars spend the day at the base of these grasses, and climb up the stems at night. So you just go along with a sweep net and just sweep through the vegetation.”

The differences were stark: lighted hedges contained just half the caterpillars of their dark counterparts. Grass had one third fewer.

Streetlights are making caterpillars grow

Sick of Mosquitoes?

Tags: Death, Disease, Ecology, Insects, Pests, Tech, Terraforming

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26-Aug-2021

ARE YOUR PALM TREES HARBORING ROOF RATS?

There’s something inherently relaxing and beautiful about watching palms sway in the warm breeze. Palm trees grow well in Louisiana’s warm, humid climate as well, making them a seemingly perfect addition to your landscape.

Of course, humans aren’t the only ones with an eye for palm trees – other creatures love them too, but not necessarily for their aesthetics.

Roof rats, also known as fruit rats, love palms as a place to live. It’s possible that your lovely palm trees are actually harboring roof rats, and might really be encouraging vermin to invade your home.

What Are Roof Rats?

Call them what you want, roof rats, fruit rats, black rats, it all boils down to the same thing. These are the same rats that spread bubonic plague and fleas. They’ve been with humans for eons, and throughout that time, they’ve been less than ideal houseguests. Rats spread far more diseases than the frightening Black Death, though. Others include murine typhus, salmonella, rat-bite fever and leptospirosis to name only a few.

Where Do They Live?

Roof rats actually prefer to live in trees, particularly in palm trees...

Fischer Environmental

Tags: Breeding, Disease, Environment, Health, Ignorance, Illness, Lifestyle, Misrepresentation, Nature, Pests, Safety, Terraforming, Threat, Toxic

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02-Aug-2019

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