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Rats<\/a> are a problem in many areas of the world.\u00a0 New York City is well known for their rat problems.\u00a0 Venture outdoors in the late evening hours and you are sure to find rats roaming the streets looking for tidbits of food or foraging in bags of trash or uncovered garbage cans and dumpsters.\u00a0 Rats<\/a> are a well-known occurrence in the NYC subway system as they have taken a liking to living underground.\u00a0 Able to avoid the oncoming trains with ease and nosh on dropped goodies left behind by humans, the subway system is now a rat haven.\u00a0 Add in the fact that there are known rooms that are dedicated to trash storage in subways stations throughout New York, and there is now a variable all-night rat buffet.<\/p>\n

Johannesburg, South Africa may seem like a world away, but their residents and government officials face the same rat problems that exist in other small and large cities throughout the United States.\u00a0 Digital Spy reported on November 5, 2012<\/a> that a local charity in Johannesburg is pitching in to help knock down the rat populations with in the city.\u00a0 Reports are that the charity \u201cLifeline\u201d teamed up with a cell phone company whereas they are offering residents in the city of Alexandra who catch 60 rats a free cell phone.\u00a0 Free traps are being offered to catch the live prey.\u00a0 Some people are finding that catching the rats are so easy that they are earning phones for each member of their family.<\/p>\n

Animal rights groups have jumped on the band-wagon about the unfairness of catching these rats.\u00a0 But one must remember that rats are disease transmitting vermin that should not be living among humans.\u00a0 This charity promotion seems like a great idea, but not one likely that will be used in the lawsuit happy United States!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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