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New York City appointed a rat czar. Her job will be a tall ask

 

Then restaurants reopened. "When the restaurants reopened, we had a problem because the few rats had actually made that migration and were successful in finding new places. Guess what? They've placed their little flag in a new neighborhood and a new resource. Now once that flag is there, it stays," says Michael Parsons, an urban ecologist at Fordham University.

Know your enemy
Parsons says that the New York City plan doesn't follow the science. He's written a five step playbook to get rid of the city's rats. It all starts with the tried and true "know thy enemy."


Think outside the rat trap
Current rat eradication strategies focus on killing rats. But researchers say it's time to move from mitigating the symptoms of a problem — like an overabundance of rats — to tackling the root of the problem.

 

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New York City appointed a rat czar. Her job will be a tall ask

 

New York City appointed a rat czar. Her job will be a tall ask : Short Wave

This week, New York City crowned Kathleen Corradi its first rat czar. The new position is part of a multipronged approach from city officials. Reporter and New Yorker Anil Oza called up rodentologists to understand — does their approach withstand the tes

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