Woman Drops Off 180 Rats To Animal Shelter

[matcom]

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Oh rats!

Officials at a San Francisco animal shelter hope some people want a rat for the holidays.

Last week a woman delivered nearly 180 rats to the shelter. She said she found the rats on her lawn that morning, all packed into dog carriers.

No one knows where the rodents came from or why they were left there.

A rescue group has offered to take 80 of the rats, but scores more need homes.

Shelter officials say rats make great pets.

http://www.wftv.com/family/4011056/detail.html

[crispini]

1. Awww... poor ratties.

My brother has a couple of pet rats and just loves them.

[Karenina]

5. Feral rats are icky

Pet rats are super, I never met one I didn't like!

[Not_Giving_Up]

2. She must have pissed somebody off

Someone put those rats in her yard after all!

[Cuban_Liberal]

3. Rats DO make good pets.

We have a mouse, and he's cute, affectionate and LOVES to cuddle.

:)

[KurtNYC]

4. Ah the old rats on the lawn thing

My goombah used to say 'when a pisano rats out the Family, send him a message with 180 rats.' (end of bad Sopranos imitation)

[Lone_Star_Dem]

6. Was Willard hiding in her garage?

:shrug:

[hlthe2b]

7. I have a feeling a lot of snake owners are going to deliver

Christmas dinner! :evilgrin:

[roguevalley]

8. I love rats. They are sweet pets.

[hlthe2b]

12. Actually, I raised 2 as a kid for a science project (color-blindness)

and my Dad fell in love with them, sitting beside their cages in the basement talking to them and just watching! It was really sort of funny. But, yes, domesticated rats can be nice pets. I had one really messy one and one that kept his cage very tidy, so I named them Oscar and Felix!

[oneighty]

9. That is a lot of rats.

180

[Debi]

10. You know...

The University of Iowa lab was vandalized (2x) a while back and all their research rats were abducted...I wonder.....:eyes:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. It does make you wonder...

San Francisco's a ways from Iowa, though. Maybe the burglar was a college student who went home to CA for the holidays...

[Theres-a]

11. we have 3...they're a handful!

[DS1]

13. I interpreted the headline as a woman drops of 180 rats from say...

10,000 feet :7

That would have done it in style!

/Gallagher

[SOteric]

15. Or...from her Christmas list

which almost makes the holiday affordable. :7