I'm talking about situations where they do stupid enough things to get bitten.
I think you are full of shit, no offense. I've never, ever heard a story like that - unless it's some stupid urban legend. Rats are not vicious pack animals like some wild dogs are, they are timid animals that tend to avoid humans whenever possible because we are predators to them.
You're either buying into these silly stories or are making them up in order to justify some of the things us humans do to them.
So you're being selective towards which animals you hate seeing cruelty being inflicted upon. How immensely kind of you.
As I had said, that they are vermin is not relevant. That does not mean one should torture one or give it a slow, painful death... you can't justify needless animal abuse just by attaching the "vermin" tag. That in itself is not only ridiculous, but very cold hearted. You said yourself you're not one for animal cruelty, yet your indifference and total apathy shows otherwise
This is all about being against pointless cruelty, and people who go out of their way to intentionally inflict it. On rats, on dogs, on cats... what ever animal. The double standard you are supporting destroys the notion that you dislike such cruelties. And as this has nothing to do with the necessity of killing.
Oh, I can list a lot of other diseases other animals carry. That rats carry disease is well known, so I don't know what your point is here. It is a moot one.
A lot of these diseases aren't transmitted as easily as you'd think, unless you don't clean up regularly or eat rat feces in your food (which is the primary method of transmission). Hell, if I had dog shit in my food I'd get incredibly ill too with a disease. BTW, hantavirus is carried by deer mice mostly. Disease doesn't magically transport to you just from
looking at a rat, which is how some people actually think.
It would be interesting to see what they found from 200 stray dogs and cats, and raccoons. Perhaps even humans.
BTW, do you even know what 'antibodies' are?
Why are we arguing them about being vermin? OF course they are, well, in instances where they provide a problem anyway. But that's not the issue here. The point is not to be a fucking prick and have the decency to give these animals a quick death where possible.
And one man has the potential to create the actions that causes the death of millions of his own species. Your point? We've already established that they are pests, and why they need to be controlled. But that's not the point I'm making.
It's this kind of "oh I don't care how it dies or gets treated, it's only a (insert animal here)" attitude that is the reason why animal cruelty exists in the first place. It royally shits me, because with such an attitude people think they can do whatever they want with "lesser species", including unspeakable things (such as the situation I described earlier). Maybe if people had more respect for life in general, and had an ounce of compassion, we would see less acts of pointless cruelty and/or sadism.
You're over blowing the cons of an animal you don't like, so you can dismiss any ethical consideration towards it as if it was a waste of time. And then be as blatantly hypocritical as changing your tune for seals. Do you even know
why animal cruelty is hated in the first place? I'll give you a hint: it's not because of what animal it is - something
you seem to be using, and completely disregarding obviously cruel acts towards creature B because it's "vermin". I don't even have to begin to explain why that is morally incomprehensible, no matter how inconsequential it may seem to be.
I'll say this to you again, because you seem to be ignoring this small, yet vital statement: They're living, breathing, feeling creatures... and even though at times they are pests, they're not demonic objects.
Ann Street (Manhattan)
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"Quaint name, Ann street. Width of same, ten feet." -Words of the song Ann Street by Charles Ives.Ann Street is a 3-block long street located in the Financial District of the New York City borough of Manhattan just a few blocks from City Hall. Ann Street is famous for obscurity, carny atmosphere, shortness, rats and narrow width.
Contents [hide]
1 History
1.1 Early history
1.2 Rats
1.3 Ann Street today
2 Ann Street in popular culture
2.1 Song by Charles Ives
2.2 "Barnum's Mob" on Ann Street
3 References
4 See also
5 External links
[edit] History
Ann Street (in yellow) is not far from New York City Hall.
[edit] Early history
See also: List of eponymous streets in New York City
Ann Street is one of the oldest streets in New York City, appearing on a map created in 1728. Ann Street was named after Ann White, the wife of a developer and merchant, Capt. Thomas White. She may have urged him to name the street after her because other merchants' wives already had streets named after them.[1] The street is relatively small and short compared with the other lower Manhattan streets named after merchants wives. Some might consider it little more than an alley.
There have been several other streets in the city named Ann Street. One laid out between Reade and Franklin Streets prior to 1797 later became Elm Street. "Anne Street" was also a name circa 1748 for part of the present William Street. Today, there is only one Ann Street in Manhattan.
[edit] Rats
On May 10, 1979, a woman was attacked on Ann Street by a "pack of rats" as she was walking to her car. The woman hurried in to the car and the rats climbed on to it. Several witnesses called the police. The rats were later found living on the burnt out wreck of "Ryan's Cafe," a bar that had served the area since the 1860s. The bar exploded due to a gas leak on December 11, 1970, and remained an empty lot through the 1970s. This empty lot was widely regarded to be the source of the rat problem.[2]
The city tugboat strike in 1979 compounded the problem as heaps of garbage collected on Ann Street and in the abandoned lot causing the rat population to explode. The rat attack incident prompted Mayor Lindsay to order city pest control to take immediate action on the problem. They killed and trapped hundreds of rats in just a few days, drawing media attention. The close proximity of Ann Street to City Hall made the the incident all the more embarrassing. It helped to add to negative impressions of the city for years, but it also prompted people to act to improve downtown.[3]
[edit] Ann Street today
The recent addition of condominiums to the upper floors of the some of older buildings has added more life to the area. Ann Street was gutted and repaved in 2006, as a pert of a city water main replacement project, greatly reducing the rat problems and further beautifying the area. The corner of Ann Street and Broadway is still as busy as it was in Barnum's day, shoppers and tourists frequent J&R Computer World, one of the largest electronics stores in the nation.
[edit] Ann Street in popular culture
"Nassau crosses Ann Street!" (View down Nassau Street from Ann Street in Lower Manhattan.)
Barnum's American Museum was located on Ann Street.
[edit] Song by Charles Ives
Ann Street is the title and subject of a song by the early 20th century experimental classical composer Charles Ives with lyrics based on a poem written by Maurice Morris in 1921:
[Shout.]
Broadway!
[Sing.]
Quaint name Ann street.
Width of same, ten feet.
Barnums mob Ann street,
Far from ob- solete.
Narrow, yes Ann street,
But business, Both feet.
[Shout.]
Nassau crosses Ann Street!
[Sing.]
Sun just hits Ann street,
Then it quits Some greet!
Rather short, Ann Street.
The crossing of Nassau Street and Ann Street is a highlight of the song and the street itself. Nassau Street is a High Street filled with shops. At the intersection one can see a view deep in to the heart of the Financial District and the facade of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) six blocks away. Nassau Street and Ann Street meet at uneven angles leading one to feel rather surprised by the sudden explosion of pedestrian traffic, shops and lights when crossing their intersection.
[edit] "Barnum's Mob" on Ann Street
Main article: Barnum's American Museum
"Barnum's American Museum" located on the corner of Ann Street and Broadway was one of the most popular showplaces in the United States. He made a special hit in 1842 with the exhibition of Charles Stratton, the celebrated midget "General Tom Thumb", as well as the Fiji Mermaid which he exhibited in collaboration with his Boston counterpart Moses Kimball.
The line in the Charles Ives song: Barmun's Mob, Ann Street is most likely a reference to the crowds drawn to see the curiosities at this museum.
[edit] References
^ The Street Book: An Encyclopedia of Manhattan's Street Names and Their Origins - by Henry Moscow
^ "Scores of Rats Are Found at Site Where They Attacked a Woman; Consequences of Rat Bites Poison Injected Into Burrows", The New York Times by Pranay B. Gupte, May 12, 1979. p. 25
^ Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitant - by Robert Sullivan
[edit] See also
Broadway (Manhattan)
Nassau Street (Manhattan)
Park Row (Manhattan)
[edit] External links
About the Song by Charles Ives
Ann Street Water Main Replacement Project
Alleys Of Lower Manhattan
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