TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY PETER HUTCHISON: "Rat killers of New York: dogs, owners hunt brazen rodents"
Alex Middleton of 'The Ryder's Alley Trencher-fed Society (R.A.T.S.)' places a dead rat into bag that after a jagdterrier killed it in lower Manhattan on May 14, 2021 in New York City. - Late one Friday night, eight dog enthusiasts and their pet pooches prowl several dark alleys in New York with one mission: to hunt and kill as many rats as possible. The dogs, mostly terriers, pant and strain at their leashes before diving into trash bags and emerging seconds later with a convulsing rodent between their teeth. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)