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  • čas přidán 17. 10. 2022
  • Cities across the country are trying new strategies to address rat infestations brought on by the pandemic. ABC News’ Derricke Dennis has the details.

Komentáře • 229

  • @MaggiePesky
    @MaggiePesky Před rokem +221

    “this is not ratatouille, rat’s are not out friends!”
    the rats: 😭💔💔🥀🥀🥀

  • @Ericshadowreaper
    @Ericshadowreaper Před rokem +347

    "This is not ratatouille, rats are not our friends" I wonder who typed that up

    • @spartan_a1176
      @spartan_a1176 Před rokem +17

      That made me laugh too 😆

    • @kushking949
      @kushking949 Před rokem +8

      I have 4 rats and 3 mice they are very smart and very loveable pets

    • @KingBurger52
      @KingBurger52 Před rokem +8

      It was a response to those who called him a murderer for killing rats. 🤣

    • @indellindel9334
      @indellindel9334 Před rokem +9

      Gotta be sumbdy from Ohio

    • @jamaisvx
      @jamaisvx Před rokem +2

      cryinnn

  • @hazellemae
    @hazellemae Před rokem +28

    “Rattiest cities” 😂

  • @fbmimpy
    @fbmimpy Před rokem +63

    Insane it took them this long to deploy common sense measures

    • @aaadias
      @aaadias Před rokem +2

      Insane that you think the rats are the problem..

    • @fbmimpy
      @fbmimpy Před rokem +2

      @@aaadias what?? Lol.

    • @aaadias
      @aaadias Před rokem

      @@fbmimpy did the rats put the trash there? Did the rats build all the tall factories that make it hard to breath there?? are the rats having gang shootouts there??? No the disgusting human race did so please tell me what we attend to do with that INFESTATION????

    • @fbmimpy
      @fbmimpy Před rokem +2

      @@aaadias this article is about rats...not all of the issues we have in society. Don't forget your Xanax this morning sheesh

    • @aaadias
      @aaadias Před rokem

      @@fbmimpy lmaooooooo I see the world for what it is and don’t need medication to get through my day like so many weak individuals.. people are the root of all issues and “common sense” isn’t that common, obviously from this conversation🙄

  • @itzamia
    @itzamia Před rokem +128

    I brought my cousin from Jacksonville to New York City for the first time a few years back. We were walking downtown Manhattan and a huge cockroach walked out in front of us. Looks like the same flying cockroaches we get in Florida. He saw it and gladly gave it a stomp. We kept walking and laughed at how nasty it was, looked backed and two football sized rats tackled each other for it's carcass.

    • @Erick-zd8ty
      @Erick-zd8ty Před rokem +6

      Goddamn that’s wild

    • @BondJFK
      @BondJFK Před rokem

      which football , The real football or fake one created by ignorant foolish americans ?

    • @itzamia
      @itzamia Před rokem

      @@BondJFK We call it football because the ball measures a foot from point to point. Ignorant foolish foreigner.

    • @Orchids.and.Endlers
      @Orchids.and.Endlers Před rokem +2

      Absolutely wild how huge those rats can get

    • @amarillohendrix4207
      @amarillohendrix4207 Před rokem

      But is that rare in New York?

  • @ibobeko4309
    @ibobeko4309 Před rokem +15

    Biggest problem is, garbage in bags on the street, that is a constant food source for them.

    • @kushking949
      @kushking949 Před rokem

      Biggest problem is humans thinking they are the only with the right to live

    • @destinysgibbs3404
      @destinysgibbs3404 Před rokem +3

      yeah i feel they should probably do pickups 2 times a week for them

    • @ibobeko4309
      @ibobeko4309 Před rokem +6

      @@destinysgibbs3404 They should put the garbage in a metal garbage bin.

  • @stanford-nf4jk
    @stanford-nf4jk Před rokem +32

    Thankfully I live in an area where there are coyotes, hawks, owls, and other apex predators. Those rat boxes help too, so long as they’re maintained.

  • @stevenkoski228
    @stevenkoski228 Před rokem +28

    Steel trash containers which seal tightly is the only solution, to the infestation problem. Rats chew through bags, plastic & drywall to search for food. They climb & leap quite well. Best to relocate to a rural area. Areas of mass populations, suffer from careless citizens.

    • @fartnutte1724
      @fartnutte1724 Před rokem

      motherfxckers that think like you move to our little rural havens en masse and turn them into godawful suburbs. youre the reason the land around my home is getting ravaged

  • @hoyle7780
    @hoyle7780 Před rokem +11

    I mean rats are not stupid they go where the food is......duh

  • @Muttinchopsforeverstrong

    Cake mix and baking soda dry mix keep in dry place .It kills them they can't fart .

  • @johnnyfreedom3437
    @johnnyfreedom3437 Před rokem +21

    I saw videos from some of the local residents in chicago. They are actually building little cat houses Outdoors to keep the feral cat around their home. They don't feed them of course, let them eat rats. But those kitties must think they're at a buffet as well!

    • @sengler1991
      @sengler1991 Před rokem

      New York has some big rats lbs. I've heard that from a few people lbs

    • @barbrady4916
      @barbrady4916 Před rokem

      Idk, too many feral cats around might be a bad idea. Also rats can carry diseases, which those same cats will be eating/killing...

    • @guintbuint1853
      @guintbuint1853 Před rokem

      @@barbrady4916 if they get the cats neutered then too many cats won't be a problem

  • @h.r.hufnstuf4171
    @h.r.hufnstuf4171 Před rokem +31

    I thought there was a cat on my fence the other night and it was a giant rat, this is in a small suburb in Australia that's far from the city and not east coast (the dirty side). I just think there a more rats worldwide in general. More people means more junk.

    • @h.r.hufnstuf4171
      @h.r.hufnstuf4171 Před rokem

      ​@New Moon If it was well within their range they would have infested my area 100 years ago. I'm gonna stick to the influx in population and general filth, like I said before.

    • @WODANAZDAGHDA
      @WODANAZDAGHDA Před rokem

      Rats are just animals people need to calm down.

    • @h.r.hufnstuf4171
      @h.r.hufnstuf4171 Před rokem

      @@WODANAZDAGHDA Not native, destroy property and goods. Ruin farms. Just another animal?

    • @InternetRat
      @InternetRat Před rokem

      @@h.r.hufnstuf4171 rats are like humans. they go where the food goes, and as long as they have hope of land at the end, they will swim across the ocean to a new place to live.

    • @h.r.hufnstuf4171
      @h.r.hufnstuf4171 Před rokem

      @@InternetRat another L take

  • @Tom-ub7ti
    @Tom-ub7ti Před rokem +8

    I live in New Orleans. Was surprised to not see us in the top six

    • @mariostelzner4530
      @mariostelzner4530 Před rokem

      YEAH! YOU JUST MADE SEVENTH!? JUST PUT OUT A LOT OF BIRD SEEDS AND GRAINS AND YOU'LL MAKE IT TO NUMBER ONE. AHAHAHA AHAHAHA LOL

  • @snehalkrishnan618
    @snehalkrishnan618 Před rokem +3

    “Rats are not our friends.”
    Thank you Captain obvious.

  • @mrxxbrian
    @mrxxbrian Před rokem +18

    "This is not ratatouille. Rats are not our friends."
    Bruh. Speak for yourself.

  • @KatiTheButcher
    @KatiTheButcher Před rokem +16

    I have a niece that lives in north Chicago. I hope it isn't as bad there. A booming rat population left unchecked preceedes disease. It is a sign of times changing.

    • @p3xo
      @p3xo Před rokem +2

      chicago actually knows how to handle trash so theres not many rats around here

    • @KatiTheButcher
      @KatiTheButcher Před rokem +1

      @@p3xo thank you

  • @chadachwilliam5515
    @chadachwilliam5515 Před rokem +6

    My dogs love to play with rats.
    That feral cat thing would work if they are spay and neutered. Otherwise you end up with a cat problem, and that’s just as bad.

  • @meowcat7777
    @meowcat7777 Před rokem +2

    0:10 the clip youre looking for...?

  • @recon496
    @recon496 Před rokem +3

    Greatest nation on earth. Can't even clean up our cities.

  • @Alwaysgrim
    @Alwaysgrim Před rokem +8

    There's way to many rats in the republican party.

  • @DeTaxxman
    @DeTaxxman Před rokem +3

    🔥🔥🔥The rats don’t run this city, we do 🔥🔥🔥

  • @ronalddunlap9933
    @ronalddunlap9933 Před rokem +2

    Just pay the rats to wear condom's ! PROBLEM SOLVED!

  • @alexandermclovin1999
    @alexandermclovin1999 Před rokem +17

    Oh I love the feral cats releasing idea !! Need to see some videos of those battles xD

    • @ALittleToTheLeft42
      @ALittleToTheLeft42 Před rokem

      Cats are an invasive species which utterly destroy the ecosystems they are introduced to.

    • @KingBurger52
      @KingBurger52 Před rokem +1

      @Roger Vieira Yeah, since cats are invasive.

    • @oneultra732
      @oneultra732 Před rokem

      💀💀

  • @vladnickul
    @vladnickul Před rokem +2

    I think this is the prefect job for the MOB

    • @bored5094
      @bored5094 Před rokem

      What’s Tony where you need him or paulie

  • @jacksoncole6672
    @jacksoncole6672 Před rokem +1

    Washington DC has the 2 legged rats.

  • @bzzy968
    @bzzy968 Před rokem +1

    Guess the war on drugs is over

  • @derekbuxton6626
    @derekbuxton6626 Před rokem

    It looks like the news anchor had the last laugh

  • @eugenemcdonald4414
    @eugenemcdonald4414 Před rokem +1

    How about people not throwing the garbage on the streets wait till you get to a proper receptacle then dispose of it the other thing is clean your cans out that way you deprived them of food

  • @dysoncrystal
    @dysoncrystal Před rokem +1

    I'm surprised Baltimore didn't make the list cuz we sure do have a huge rat problem. DC as well.

  • @CDNPsyChoPath
    @CDNPsyChoPath Před rokem +3

    Maybe they should take a page out of Alberta, Canada. Rat Free.
    Went to BC a few years back.
    Think I saw a rat first time in my life while hiking. Scared the crap out of me.
    Never see that here.

  • @geckobread
    @geckobread Před rokem +2

    Releasing feral cats sounds good(I love cats) BUT they’d kill off all the natural prey that can’t fight them off. A better idea is getting trained professionals with rat cats, rat dogs or those weird skinny things

    • @floofypoofy6721
      @floofypoofy6721 Před rokem +1

      Lmao, you mean minks? I agree, minks are very good at pest control!

  • @outdoorsy01
    @outdoorsy01 Před rokem +1

    Use bins. Problem mostly solved. To solve a problem, at least try

  • @04dram04
    @04dram04 Před rokem +1

    They should brings stray cats to the city

  • @marykatherinegoode2773
    @marykatherinegoode2773 Před rokem +1

    I would like to solve for X:
    1. Adapt the subway system to be floodable on purpose. For anyone who remembers Hurricane Sandy, the rat population went down when the water came. Use the same system to clean out garbage by catching whatever crap is on the tracks in filters so it does not go out to sea.
    2. Make sewers inhospitable and make sure they cannot get in homes through plumbing. Create engineering think tank on how to do it cost effectively.
    3. Bring back rat catching dogs for park systems and dumpsters. Create an insane amount of jobs and make sure handlers get paid very well and have EXCELLENT health plans. Dogs of terrier background and mutts in the pound with a knack for making rats scream for mercy are welcome. Volunteer brigades also welcome. Dogs shall have free vet care and the antidote to poisons on hand, just in case the ratty little bastard has nibbled poison. NYC's finest. NYC's bravest. And now, NYC's noblest.
    Redo the trash system so it operates with pneumatic tubes like on Roosevelt Island. Make sure the suction is powerful enough to make rat lungs go pop. Find a way to mechanically sort the dead rats and mice. Show no mercy.
    4. Encourage more predators. Breed them if necessary. More hawks!! More falcons!! Turn NYC into a deathtrap for rodents!! THIS MEANS WAR!!

  • @jayforeman5299
    @jayforeman5299 Před rokem +6

    Say what you want but they are excellent self defense experts. I heard one even trained some mutant turtles to become ninjas.

  • @carmitamartinez7198
    @carmitamartinez7198 Před rokem

    Bro this straight of a parks and rec episode

  • @tvdinner325
    @tvdinner325 Před rokem +1

    In the 1970s, in the UK, they put a small bounty on squirrels. It took care of the problem within a year.

    • @svenvaltik5657
      @svenvaltik5657 Před rokem +2

      Unfortunately in the states we'd wind up with even more drunk trigger happy republicans on our streets...

  • @w.d.g.
    @w.d.g. Před rokem +1

    you got that cat to eat that rat right? 😂

  • @dustingesin6338
    @dustingesin6338 Před rokem +2

    Release some snakes that will take care of them

  • @yubstep
    @yubstep Před rokem +3

    We need more cats

  • @fiyahspinnah
    @fiyahspinnah Před rokem +4

    I hope the rats win

    • @bored5094
      @bored5094 Před rokem +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @rodentcafeteria
    @rodentcafeteria Před rokem

    I don't understand why eating in your bedroom is on the list. How's it any different from any other room in your house?

  • @cassowary30
    @cassowary30 Před 11 měsíci

    Rats ARE our friends

  • @ryancortese1456
    @ryancortese1456 Před rokem

    Like the war on drugs, the war on rats is a waste of taxpayer money

  • @shaf60
    @shaf60 Před rokem +3

    Gotta keep the Lid on' em . 🐀

  • @poopootin3652
    @poopootin3652 Před rokem +1

    It’s hamsters not mice

  • @jyotijadhav2419
    @jyotijadhav2419 Před rokem +1

    Pls end the war😢

  • @derekberry6122
    @derekberry6122 Před rokem +5

    Isn't dogs like terriers and other small breeds are bred to hunt rats? I don't think many cats actually hunt rats they hunt mice. Rats little too big for cats.

    • @Iquey
      @Iquey Před rokem +2

      There are larger cat breeds like Maine coons, Norwegian forest, and the illegal in several cities Bengal breed which is half Asian leopard cat or a couple generations down. Maybe ratting isn't a job for all cats but bigger breeds could help out.

  • @vids5374
    @vids5374 Před rokem +1

    It gets to a point where the cats have eaten so many rats and killed so many more of them they get tired of looking at them.

  • @diannadahlke7548
    @diannadahlke7548 Před rokem

    Baltimore should be the first on the list

  • @UVAFoozle
    @UVAFoozle Před rokem +1

    Interesting to see chicago is more ratty than ny

  • @JackMustang
    @JackMustang Před rokem +2

    I could one of those rat zapper things. But I’ll definitely know when I smell a rat. Grossed!

  • @johnwhite5035
    @johnwhite5035 Před rokem +9

    Got the same problem here in NZ's house of representatives. The rats in there are bigger than a lot of tax payers.

  • @04dram04
    @04dram04 Před rokem

    Just hours before pickup, is impossible for most working people

  • @californiaball2599
    @californiaball2599 Před rokem +2

    I initially thought that the quotes were parodies of anti immigrant rhetoric, That is how surreal most (and I mean Most, Democrat or Republican) politician quotes are out of context.
    I hope NYC can mitigate their rat problem though it sounds difficult.

  • @grandpa_the_kid
    @grandpa_the_kid Před rokem

    Maybe they should try 1001 feral cats

  • @Sammyjhonson-nk3ov
    @Sammyjhonson-nk3ov Před rokem

    He said "rats are not our friends" like ok finding nemo "fish are friends not food" lol

  • @thomascuvillier7250
    @thomascuvillier7250 Před rokem +1

    Why do you pile garbage bags on the street is my question. I don't know another modern country that does...

  • @FantasticExplorers
    @FantasticExplorers Před rokem +1

    Chicago is the rattiest city in the us.. yeah we already knew that one!

  • @WODANAZDAGHDA
    @WODANAZDAGHDA Před rokem

    Rats are just animals people need to calm down.

  • @brandonconnors9676
    @brandonconnors9676 Před rokem

    Now Chicago has a feral cat problem

  • @dilligaf700
    @dilligaf700 Před rokem +4

    Got the same problem here at my area in Britain.

  • @axbakrb
    @axbakrb Před rokem

    Cleaning would be getting rid of alot of the people in the areas.

  • @lucystrider728
    @lucystrider728 Před rokem

    Why have the cities not gone to trash barrels instead of bags???

  • @ElkGroveRob
    @ElkGroveRob Před rokem +1

    Tell Tekashi to get his kids out the street. 💀❤️

  • @caseyf6513
    @caseyf6513 Před rokem

    Im imagining they just bring a big ass truck with 1000 feral cats and release them all at once on some unsuspecting neighborhood

  • @kaafflick
    @kaafflick Před rokem

    pay people per rat them homeless dudes out here got u , rat problem gone and we feeding the poor at the same time damn i’m good. ayo vote me

  • @theayatollahofrockandrolla

    By rats they mean politicians...right?

  • @MyBuddyMobile
    @MyBuddyMobile Před 10 měsíci

    Cats hunt mice, not rats 😮‍💨 now u just got 1000 judgmental cats walkin the streets 🐈

  • @jyotijadhav2419
    @jyotijadhav2419 Před rokem

    Cats is the best solution

  • @eehsua
    @eehsua Před rokem

    There a bunch in DC too.

  • @layalayasharahla7584
    @layalayasharahla7584 Před rokem

    Food And Land and water is what you stole from them.

  • @thatslife2918
    @thatslife2918 Před rokem

    how about picking up the trash more often

  • @dragonvalo
    @dragonvalo Před rokem

    maybe use a bin or dumpsters?

  • @dallshaw9403
    @dallshaw9403 Před rokem

    More homeless, more rats.

  • @briannelson4246
    @briannelson4246 Před rokem

    What about all of the rats in DC.

  • @ShadowQueen925
    @ShadowQueen925 Před rokem

    the like reporting that it snowed in Alaska.... it happens

  • @MediaLieDetector
    @MediaLieDetector Před 15 dny

    AIPAC?

  • @boosysurfs2bfree
    @boosysurfs2bfree Před rokem +2

    Got dogs for that. 👍

  • @JK-br1mu
    @JK-br1mu Před rokem

    What type of Rats. Democ?

  • @ricks200192117
    @ricks200192117 Před rokem +2

    I have contacted the Mayor's office and offered to fix NYC's rat problem; it will cost the City a million dollars a year plus travel and living expenses to accomplish control in three years, and train my replacement. I'm one of the best professionals in the pest control industry and among the few pest control experts capable of fixing NYC's rodent problem. I want New Yorkers to know that the man for the job made the offer to fix your horrendous rodent problem.

  • @jman9838
    @jman9838 Před rokem +1

    All democRAT run. All you need to know.

  • @georgef1176
    @georgef1176 Před rokem

    Yup they got that right Chicago is a poo hole. I seen one rat there the size of a small dog. They don’t even run away the rats just chill with the people.

  • @lucy4235
    @lucy4235 Před rokem

    The rats are just trying to survive why are you killing them for just trying to survive its not like their doing anything to you so why?

  • @tank4922
    @tank4922 Před rokem

    I think they need to train the homeless people to kill the rats. Pay them a dollar a rat, its a win win situation.

  • @jarjar7609
    @jarjar7609 Před rokem +1

    All demorat cities!!! 🐀

  • @houmiss
    @houmiss Před rokem

    They stalk at night they prey at night

  • @dysoncrystal
    @dysoncrystal Před rokem +1

    Release the cats 🐈

  • @scottthorson11
    @scottthorson11 Před rokem

    - Raticide?

  • @collinsoconnor5843
    @collinsoconnor5843 Před rokem

    No. I don't agree with this initiative. That money 💰 should be redirected to Ukraine 🇺🇦 since Ukranians are the most special people on earth 🌎.

  • @amandad6104
    @amandad6104 Před 11 měsíci

    Boston is not on that list 😂

  • @demarkopratcher9950
    @demarkopratcher9950 Před rokem

    All night All you can eat rat Buffy 🤣😂😂🤣

  • @kushking949
    @kushking949 Před rokem +3

    I have 4 rats and 3 mice they are very smart and very loveable pets

  • @suesanders3000
    @suesanders3000 Před rokem

    I seen the title of this ,and thought. Alrighty now. Good bye swamp rats in the WH.

  • @joesabutony
    @joesabutony Před rokem

    Bad rats are so the best

  • @Affirmbuttress
    @Affirmbuttress Před rokem

    Just get more city cats, and eat those city cats. Circle of life.

  • @AutomaticTrap
    @AutomaticTrap Před rokem

    If only there was a company that focused on smarter rat traps.... Oh wait! There is, its US!!!!!

  • @AldotskRX
    @AldotskRX Před rokem

    Oh hey look. All democratic cities.

  • @YourOwnDamnVault31
    @YourOwnDamnVault31 Před rokem

    there are lot of rats 🐀 in the government. You just need to have the big cheese 🧀💰

  • @jyotijadhav2419
    @jyotijadhav2419 Před rokem

    Rats are food for cats just cats can exteminate rats +midlefingre×10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000