VA AG Fears DC Law May Relocate Rehabilitated Rat Families To Virginia (unemployment rate, attorney)

[MrClose]

And here I thought that they were talking about the DemoRats!
Well .. Vermin is vermin!

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says he is worried that a new District of Columbia law that governs how pest control operators must handle rats may result in entire rodent “families” being relocated across the Potomac River into Virginia by D.C. pest control personnel.

Lately, there have been reports of growing rat infestations around the Occupy DC protests at Freedom Plaza and McPherson Square.

Cuccinelli said D.C.'s new rat law--the Wildlife Protection Act of 2010 (Wildlife Protection Act of 2010.pdf) --is “crazier than fiction” because it requires that rats and other vermin not be killed but captured, preferably in families; no glue or snap traps can be utilized; the rodents must be relocated from where they are captured; and some of these animals may need to be transferred to a “wildlife rehabilitator” as part of their relocation process.

The law does not allow pest control professionals “to kill the dang rats,” Cuccinelli told CNSNews.com. “They have to capture them--then capture them in families. [Not sure] how you’re going to figure that out with rats. And then you have to relocate them. That brings us to Virginia. Now, if you don’t relocate them about 25 miles away, according to experts, rodents will find their way back. Well, an easy way to solve that problem is to cross a river, and what’s on the other side of the river? Virginia.”

VA AG Fears DC Law May Relocate Rehabilitated Rat Families To Virginia | CNSnews.com

[chielgirl]

Oh, how clever of you.

[robbobobbo]

Right on page one, the act states that "wildlife" for the purposes of the regulations, does not include commensal rodents. In other words, rats.

The Cooch is all worked up over nothing. Neither he nor CNS News bothered to look up a word they apparently didn't know.

[the_windwalker]

Gee whiz... Rats are an "endangered species" in Washington DC????

And, companies that produce rat poison lose sales, have to lay off workers and down-size, and the unemployment rate goes right back up.....

[MrClose]

Originally Posted by robbobobbo

Right on page one, the act states that "wildlife" for the purposes of the regulations, does not include commensal rodents. In other words, rats.

The Cooch is all worked up over nothing. Neither he nor CNS News bothered to look up a word they apparently didn't know.

“But when you see an article like the ‘Rats Occupy Occupy DC,’ it points up the problem that we’re going to have in Virginia because of that ..

As I did .. "Cooch" and CSN were probably thinking that it was .. Those other Rats!

[HappyTexan]

Accidentally drown the suckers as they cross the Potomac.
OMG..a law protecting rats !

So rats are protected by the USG and we humans get the NDAA ???

[robbobobbo]

Once more for those who post before reading:

Rats are not covered by the humane treatment rules.