Rodent experts swarm NYC for rat summit

WNYC News | Sep 19, 2024

Dozens of the United States' leading rat experts — as well as a Canadian delegation — descended on Pier 57 in Chelsea with a single goal: bludgeoning the vermin into submission, once and for all. Rodent experts gave sweeping presentations that included maps of rat populations and slides of dissected opossums.

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