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NEW YORK (AP) – Bodies tensed and noses twitching, the dogs sniff the hunting ground before them: a lower Manhattan alley, grimy, dim and perfect for rats. With a terse command _ “Now!” _ the chase is ...

SACRAMENTO (KCRA) - Some have noticed a surge in the rat population in Sacramento. A group called the Sacramento Canines’ Rat Annihilation Team is doing something about it. They are “urban ratters” ...

Late at night, in parts of Washington, a group of people and their small dogs walk the alleyways and trash bins hunting rats, in a city that’s filled with them. The Post’s Maura Judkis and Bishop Sand ...

This story contains descriptions and images of dogs hunting rats that could upset some readers. The sound of a rat screaming in the jaws of a terrier is the same sound that a stuffed squeaky toy makes ...

A rat is caught by a dog in a lower Manhattan alley as a group of dog owners gather with their small hunting breeds to hunt the rodents in New York Friday, April 26, 2013. The rodent-hunters have been ...