{"id":136055,"date":"2023-04-24T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T06:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-ultimate-woman-for-our-time-step-forward-new-yorks-rat-tsar-emma-beddington\/"},"modified":"2023-04-24T13:09:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T06:09:16","slug":"the-ultimate-woman-for-our-time-step-forward-new-yorks-rat-tsar-emma-beddington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-ultimate-woman-for-our-time-step-forward-new-yorks-rat-tsar-emma-beddington\/","title":{"rendered":"The ultimate woman for our time? Step forward, New York\u2019s rat tsar | Emma Beddington"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAs a bleeding-heart animal lover, I don\u2019t want to see any creature harmed. But warring, resourceful rats clearly need to be tackledI have a girl crush: Kathleen Corradi, NYC\u2019s newly-appointed \u201crat tsar\u201d. The former elementary school teacher responded to the city\u2019s search for someone \u201cbloodthirsty\u201d enough to tackle the city\u2019s all-time-high rodent population (primary school will do that to a person). At a press conference, Corradi, wearing shades and a black turtleneck, looked spectacularly badass as she declared, \u201cYou\u2019ll be seeing a lot more of me \u2013 and a lot less rats \u2026 There\u2019s a new sheriff in town.\u201d Swoon.I\u2019m conflicted, though. I quite like rats and admire their initiative and intelligence as only someone who hasn\u2019t had to share living space with them can. As a bleeding-heart animal lover, I sympathise with the Parisian animal rights group Zoopolis, which has campaigned to stop the massacre of municipal rats: surely there are more humane solutions, such as rat contraception. (Or, as one New Yorker cartoon suggested, \u201cteach the rats ethical non-monogamy until none of the rats wants to settle down and procreate\u201d.) Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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As a bleeding-heart animal lover, I don\u2019t want to see any creature harmed. 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