This almost sounds like something out of the Onion, where a new DC law on rat removal (the four-legged variety, so K-Street can breathe easy) sees the prospect of catch-and-release... into suburban Virginia and Maryland
The law, though, exempts most rodents from its purview and allows companies to pursue four options with animals they've trapped, including relocation — but only with the property owner's permission — and euthanasia.
VA AG Ken Cuccinelli is concerned and a Maryland state rep, Pat McDonough, has a Rat Trafficking Act up, lest DC slip them a Mickey-
“This insane law obviously places Maryland and Virginia at risk for an invasion of out-of-state rodents,” the release said. “We must protect our borders.”
Even a temporary flow of rats into Maryland, McDonough warned, could have enduring consequences.
“The rats multiply at astronomical rates and the rodents who have crossed the border into Maryland must be made illegal because they can produce large numbers of anchor babies,” McDonough’s release said.
The Prince George's Cat Society is up to the challenge, living up to Croc's charge to "Eat da slow ones." One thing to note is that it won't throw off the 2010 census figures, so Maryland won't have to Tom and Jerrymander until 2021.
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