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October 23, 2013
The Rat Hunters of New York
“They know where they’re going to run. In an alley, you figure out their escape routes and you put your biggest set of jaws there. You catch more rats that way.” The point of the rat hunts, he says, is to allow the dogs do what they naturally do: hunt and kill vermin. - - | Roads & Kingdoms
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Would this work in the Congressional hallways?
Posted by: Peccable at October 23, 2013 12:45 PM
Given the average weight of a brown rat is 12 oz (thank you, Wikipedia!) and the average politician is, say 200 lbs - a size factor of some 267, we're gonna need a lot of dogs.
Posted by: SteveS at October 23, 2013 1:01 PM
I dunno SteveS, a different kind of dog maybe. A couple dozen police K-9s ought to do the trick. I'll kick in.
Posted by: BillH at October 23, 2013 1:58 PM
Bill1 - Nah, just let the little rat dogs start at the ankles and work their way up. Nibbled to death, just like we are with taxes and regulations and mandates and...
Posted by: leelu at October 24, 2013 8:19 AM