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The Guardian - World News

The Guardian - World News

Title ‘If it’s cold, they stop mating’: New York City rat population may be on the decline Source The Guardian - World News
Description

As a result of New York’s most severe winter in years, the city may see a drop from it’s estimated 3 million rats

Since arriving from Europe in the 1600s, New York City’s rats have survived hurricanes, floods, terrorist attacks, riots, fires, a pandemic (they actually thrived during that), the Dutch and Crocodile Dundee II.

But as a result of New York’s most severe winter in years, when the city saw snow, then a historic deep freeze, then even more snow, the rat population might now be about to decline. For a bit.

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Link https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/28/new-york-city-rat-population-decline Published At 2026-02-28 10:00:14 (2 weeks ago)
Created At 2026-02-28 10:16:35 Updated At 2026-02-28 10:16:35