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Well, well, well! The city of Chicago has just released 1000 neutered, vaccinated and microchipped feral cats on to its streets, in an effort to deal with major league rat infestation, according to this story.
And here’s the kicker – the cats don’t need to be hungry to be effective. Just having them around scares the rats away. Apparently these untamable street cats faced years in compounds or euthenasia until somebody had the brilliant idea of releasing “working cats”.
Just as well our cities don’t have rat problems … oh, wait a minute!!!
A line in the Crooked Media “What A Day” newsletter that the city is now rounding up coyotes in case of a future cat infestation was a joke, OK?