Our Intimate Companions

With more and more species becoming extinct and endangered, it's refreshing to see that at least one continues to thrive. The urban rat population is on the increase, and growth is particularly healthy in those cities where temperatures are rising fastest. Aside from Amsterdam and Toronto, most of those surveyed were in the realm of the Trumpster, where the climate catastrophe doesn't count; so the rodent surplus and any resulting plagues will doubtless be considered a Canadian import or the wrath of Baby Jesus against un-American sexual practices. London did not deign to provide data; but given the presence of both the Square Mile and the Houses of Parliament the facts rather squeak for themselves.