Feral cats appear to be pathetic at controlling New York City’s rats
Urban felines prefer mice and birds to big, feisty rodents

RATCATCHER — OR NOT Feral cats pretty much flunked a serendipitous test at a waste dump in New York City of their supposed powers to reduce rat populations.
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