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Chicago Using Coyotes To Fight Rodents

Posted by samzenpus on from the get-the-chinese-needle-snakes-ready dept.

Brad Block, a supervisor for the Chicago Commission on Animal Care and Control says a coyote recently spotted downtown is part of a program designed to monitor the rodent population. "The animal has the run of the Loop to help deal with rats and mice," He said no one has called today to complain. “He’s not a threat. He’s not going to pick up your children,” Block said. “His job is to deal with all of the nuisance problems, like mice, rats and rabbits.”

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  1. If only there were some by Grapplebeam · · Score: 5, Interesting

    sort of small, furry creature, say one with a long furry tail, specifically bred for this purpose over the past several hundred years that people wouldn't mind seeing around... Maybe one that enjoys drinking milk and- ah hell, screw the sarcasm. Why didn't they just use cats??

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  2. Mongoose by samullin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Reminds me of introducing mongoose to the Hawaiian islands to eat the rats - now there are two invader species there. Coyotes may not be as much of an invader species in Chicago as mongoose are in Hawaii, but we as a species have a pretty poor track record of attempted ecological control.

  3. Finally... by webbiedave · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... a sensible solution to weed out corrupt Chicago politicians!