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PETA has laid blame on Big Apple citizens for the city's rampant rat woes, slamming Mayor Eric Adams' recent cull campaign as 'inhumane' and no more than a political ploy.
Speaking to DailyMail.com Sunday, rep Ashley Byrne offered insight on the activism group's reaction to Adam's recent move to hire a $155,000-a-year 'rat czar' to carry out the cull.
An official listing published by the city called for candidates that were not only motivated, but 'somewhat bloodthirsty' - perquisites apparently exhibited by a 34-year-old former elementary school teacher appointed to the post last week.
Tasked with overseeing the animal activist group's communications, Byrne - a resident of Brooklyn herself - on Sunday called the move from the former NYPD captain 'cartoonish' and 'entirely unhelpful.'
Instead of killing the animals - which she described as 'intelligent and sensitive creatures' - Byrne says the city should first look toward what is drawing the rats: the trash wrought by millions of New Yorkers on a daily basis. She suggested birth control as well as increased city cleanup efforts as more reasonable alternatives.
Speaking to DailyMail.com Sunday, rep Ashley Byrne offered insight on the activism group's reaction to Adam's recent move to hire a $155,000-a-year 'rat czar' to carry out the cull.
She called Adams' appointment of Kathleen Corradi as the new Citywide Director of Rodent Mitigation at an outdoor procession in Harlem's St. Nicholas Park as no more than 'ghoulish political theatre' - a performance that accomplishes 'nothing'
'It's worrying that tax payer dollars are being used for a public official to stand at a podium to boast about killing these small sensitive animals,' the animal activist said of Adams' campaign
'All you need have to do is walk down the street to see what the issue is,' said Byrne when asked about Adam's ongoing effort to quell the city's well-known rat predicament.
'As long as humans are littering and leaving garbage, rats will be there,' she added.
'You can hire whoever, rats will come and go as they please as long as the streets stay filthy.'
She said the city is currently in such a state, with 'disgusting human behavior' being to blame.
She called Adams' appointment of Kathleen Corradi as Citywide Director of Rodent Mitigation at an outdoor procession in Harlem's St. Nicholas Park as no more than 'ghoulish political theatre' - a performance that accomplishes 'nothing.'
'Holding a conference and referring to the creatures as some sort of malevolent beings gives the appearance of doing something, when in reality, it does nothing. It's just cartoonish and entirely unhelpful.
'As long as the garbage is there and being littered across the city, rats will be there,' she said.
'It's worrying that tax payer dollars are being used for a public official to stand at a podium to boast about killing these small sensitive animals,' which she cited feels pain just as a god or cat does. 'It's reprehensible.'
She slammed the latest move from the former NYPD captain - who has so far been unsuccessful in bids to quell not only the rat epidemic but crime - 'cartoonish' and 'unhelpful'
At Wednesday's conference the city laid out a variety of materials it was proposing to use in order to attack the rat population, including traps, sealant and poisons
She added that it's easier for the politician - who after failing to quell the city's crime rate has widened his focus to address rising vermin numbers - to pass blame on the four-legged critters instead of owning up to his own failures as a leader.
'The city needs to change how garbage is managed. The only effective long-term solution is to treat our city our city differently.
'A lethal solution will not change that. A real solution takes time and effort to bring change in the long-term. It's unfortunate that instead we are subjected to these performances.
'We need more
