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    How Not to Get Bedbugs From Everyone Returning From Paris Fashion WeekAn exterminator recommends heated luggage, bedbug-sniffing dogs, and prayer.
    By Clio Chang
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    New York Is Overrun by Rats and Feral CatsAnd yet.
    By Clio Chang
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    The Sloth King of Long Island Tried His Hand at Venomous LizardsBut was ordered to pay a fine for it, which the exotic-animal purveyor says he paid “no problem.”
    By Clio Chang
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    East Williamsburg’s Alleged Pigeon PoisonerA Nextdoor thread about a neighbor’s bird-feeding devolves into mutual accusation and suspicion.
    By Clio Chang
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    He’s the Guy You Call When You Need to Bury a WhaleTalking to Robert DiGiovanni about being New York’s go-to whale fixer and the surprising number of burials he’s done in the Rockaways.
    By Clio Chang
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    How to Turn a Church Full of Cats and Raccoons Into a Coveted Wedding Venue“It was a very non–New York City wildlife smell.”
    By Clio Chang
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    Talking to an Ant Guy About Peak Ant Season“You could have hundreds trailing into the kitchen. People get grossed out. They feel like they’re being invaded.”
    By Clio Chang
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    Four Neighborhood ‘Zones’ Will Get Extra Help Fighting RatsMayor Adams’s own Brooklyn property might be in one of them.
    By Clio Chang
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    They Wanted a Backyard. Now They Hate It.Outdoor space was the city renters’ pandemic dream. Then came the rats.
    By Clio Chang
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    It’s Been a Tumultuous Two Weeks for FlacoThe Eurasian eagle-owl has survived a vandalized enclosure, life as a celebrity, and a new diet of free-range rats.
    By Clio Chang
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    Who Dyed This Pigeon Pink?The bird may have been part of a gender-reveal party.
    By Clio Chang
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    There Are Dolphins in the Bronx RiverMaybe you don’t want to swim there, but the Parks Department says it’s good news.
    By Zach Schiffman
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    Los Angeles’s Celebrity Mountain Lion Was Also Its HostageWithout an easy way to cross the freeways that bisect his natural habitat, P-22’s life in the city was a lonely one.
    By Alissa Walker
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    Fugitive Cow Located at Long Island Golf CourseVienna had been missing for four months, but “her capture went flawlessly.”
    By Clio Chang
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    The City’s Listing for a Rat Director Is a Bit MuchThe right candidate will have a “general aura of badassery.”
    By Clio Chang
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    Sloths Are Tearing Apart Suffolk CountyA storefront across from a Carvel is perhaps not an appropriate environment for the animals.
    By Clio Chang
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    New York Is Not the Country’s Top Rat CityWe’re No. 2.
    By Clio Chang
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    Two Psychotherapists and Trash Bins Are Defeating the Rats of Sterling Place“We are not the rat police.”
    By Clio Chang
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    New Yorkers No Longer Want Their Pet Guinea PigsShelters and Craigslist are filling up with people’s furry regrets.
    By Clio Chang
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    Rat Dinnertime May Be Pushed Back by 4 HoursWhat is this, Europe?
    By Clio Chang
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    Yeah, You’re Seeing More SharksA shark expert explains.
    By Clio Chang
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    A Day With New York’s Bird ParamedicsDuring migrations, thousands of birds crash into skyscrapers. And a few volunteer EMTs rush in to help.
    By Victoria Bekiempis