In Pictures: Washington’s war on rodents
The District of Columbia is consistently in the top five list of America’s rattiest cities, a problem made worse by warming winters, a rising population and outdoor dining areas made permanent after the Covid-19 pandemic. There were nearly 13,400 calls to a city hotline for rat issues in 2022, up around 2,000 on the year before, according to local media reports.
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Sheisty Zen King, a Jack Russell terrier, running through a tunnel as he trains to hunt rats, at the Academy Dog Training in Silver Spring, Maryland, on May 18, 2023.
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A group of rat hunters searching for rats in the Adams Morgan neighbourhood of Washington, DC, on June 3, 2023.
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A rat running away from rat-hunting dogs in the Adams Morgan neighbourhood of Washington, DC, on June 3, 2023.
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A person holding up a rat that had been caught in the Adams Morgan neighbourhood of Washington, DC, on June 3, 2023.
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Rat hunters walking with their dogs in the Adams Morgan neighbourhood of Washington, DC, on June 3, 2023.
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Rowdy is carried up steps after catching a rat in the Adams Morgan neighbourhood of Washington, DC, on June 3, 2023.
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A graffiti painting is seen past Henry, a sighthound, after rat hunting in the Adams Morgan neighbourhood of Washington, DC, on June 4, 2023.
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Sheisty Zen King, a Jack Russell terrier, running through a tunnel as he trains to hunt rats, at the Academy Dog Training in Silver Spring, Maryland, on May 18, 2023. \
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Rat hunters help their dogs search for rats in the Adams Morgan neighbourhood of Washington, DC, on June 3, 2023.
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Rowdy chasing a rat in the Adams Morgan neighbourhood of Washington, DC, on June 3, 2023.
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