Opossums Enlisted to Eat Rats Now Overrun Brooklyn
By admin on Sep 20, 2010 in Travel and Holiday
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It seemed like a plan just sinister enough to work: ship in a bunch of rat-eating opossums to combat Brooklyn’s rodent problem. But as opposed to doing their job and dying off as city officials had planned, the opossums proved to be poor rat-killers, preferring instead to settle down in buildings and neighborhood parks. Now community leaders are fed up with the marauding animals rummaging through trashcans, hanging out in yards, and feeding themselves from local Read the full story on TreeHugger
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