What is Rats in New York City?
[[File:NYC_Brown_Rat.jpg|thumb|Brown rat in the street of NYC]] [[File:Rat in NYC subway 3.jpg|thumb|Rat in a subway]] '''Rats in New York City''' have become a staple of the city and [[Culture of New York City|its culture]]. In 2014, a study found that there were around 2 million [[Rat|rats]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Auerbach|first=Jonathan|date=October 1, 2014|title=Does New York City really have as many rats as people?|journal=Significance|volume=11|issue=4|pages=22–27|doi=10.1111/j.1740-9713.2014.00764.x|doi-access=free}}</ref> Most rats in New York city are [[brown rats]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-19|title=New York has a huge rat problem. These vigilantes with dogs think they can fix it|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/19/new-york-city-rat-problem-vigilantes-with-dogs|access-date=2022-03-25|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> [[Covid-19]] caused a rise in violent rat activity because of restaurants being shut down, which were the rats main food source.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Parsons|first1=Michael|last2=Richardson|first2=Johnathan|last3=Kiyokawa|first3=Yasushi|last4=Stryjek|first4=Rafal|last5=Corrigan|first5=Robert|date=September 28, 2021|title=Rats and the COVID-19 pandemic: considering the influence of social distancing on a global commensal pest|url=https://academic.oup.com/jue/article/7/1/juab027/6377139|access-date=2022-03-25|journal=Journal of Urban Ecology|publisher=[[Oxford Academic]]|language=en-US|issn=2058-5543|issue=1|volume=7|doi=10.1093/jue/juab027 }}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:New York City]]