merlin when he picks up a fresh scent. he went in the hole. open that up. it s okay. so the rat s gone up in here somewhere. they climb into the pole. right. after 20 minutes of patrolling and nothing to show for our efforts, i am beginning to wonder if maybe the dogs have been out-maneuvered, and then somewhere behind me hey. come back. you got one over there. and so with the rush of primal instinct, a warrior named hudson has our first kill of the night. dogs 1, rats 0. how does that stack up? that is pretty big from what i ve seen. with one rat under our belts, could the tide be turning, and the shadow of a police station, a promising sign. look at him. look at him. what do we got?
merlin. hi, how are you doing, buddy? would you say he s killed? dozens. yeah? yeah. i don t really keep track. he s pretty serviceable dog. he does have notches on his collar? no. pictures of rats like on the wing. this is merlin. he knows right where the rats are. he wants them. he wants them all. he wants every freakin rat in the city, don t you? don t you? let s go get em! night falls and the ryder s alley gang is ready to rumble with the rats. we re joined by scientists from fordham university. he s along to collect samples for critical research. we take them back to the lab and extract them, dna. and compare every rat to other other rat. we can figure out exactly how related they are. what we find interesting is that you have cutting-edge 21st
you did good. what did you get, three? six. oh, you re getting to be one of us, you don t keep count. i just stepped back and let merlin do his magic. that s it. hey! i am glad i got tape on my pants because that one was headed straight up the kau pwaous. it s a dumpster that keeps giving. they keep running out and the dogs keep breaking their necks. for people watching, it s like a turkey shoot. they re rats and people are sensitive, and what is going on and why is this important and all of that? in the city they are considered a pest and most of the people around here are really rooting for the dogs to take them out of their neighborhood, and these guys do have a pretty high mortality rate, so when it comes down to it, their population can definitely move around.
are going, they will run up everything, including your pant leg. bad. very bad. the solution? as it so often is, duct tape. how many times has a rat gone up your trousers? actually, it s happened once. that s enough. with merlin on a leash and nine other hands rolling with us, the hundred the begins. the dogs quickly catch a whiff of vermin. get the rat, come on! get em, merlin. but the rats escape from under a garbage pile and into a minivan. that s frustrating. the dog can t get in the motor mount. what are you going to do? let s move on. the rats are playing hard to get, but don t tell that to merlin when he picks up a fresh scent.
vials, honestly. i may run out tonight. you did good. what did you get, three? six. now you re getting to be one of us, you don t keep count. i just stepped back and let merlin do his magic. that s it. hey! i am glad i got tape on my pants because that one was headed straight up the caboose. it s like the dumpster that just keeps giving. there must have been 50 rats in this single dumpster alone. they keep running out and the dogs keep breaking their necks. make this all okay for people watching, it s like a turkey shoot. yeah. they re rats. but you know how people are sensitive. what s really going on here? why is this important and all that? in the city they are considered a pest and most of the people around here are really rooting for the dogs to take them out of their