American cities are on the verge of a rat invasion, warns small-mammal biologist and self-described “rat pack” member Dale Kaukeinen (in college “all the good animals were taken,” he says) in a new study. And redemption, it turns out, is both personal and political.
“The problem of rats is just a symptom of a declining and weakening infrastructure, and it’s one of the more visible symptoms of depressed cities struggling to face their problems,” says Mr. Kaukeinen in an interview.