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These Dogs Hunt NYC's Gnarliest Rats for Sport
For nearly a decade, one group has chased the city's most notorious pests with their faithful pets.
While New York City waits for the MTA's massive rat-sterilization efforts to pay off, a group of dog enthusiasts are doing their part to get the pests off the streets.
Since 1995, the Ryders Alley Trencher-fed Society (R.A.T.S.) have been getting together at night to let their canines hunt the city's least-admired animals. It's a modest bit of help to a city with an impossibe-to-determine but unquestionably massive rat population.