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Further Proof that Rat Dogs are Ratty
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Jen Chung
Published Aug 6, 2003
Modified Mar 6, 2008
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One of the hawks who hang out in Bryant Park to control the rodent (pigeons, rats) population attacked a chihuahua. Thomas Cullen, falconer (or as Gothamist likes to say, "hawk handler"), tells the Daily News, "I'm absolutely certain my bird mistook it for a rat. We've never had this happen before." A hawk named Galan dove after the dog who was poking around some bushes in the afternoon. The dog suffered a puncture from Galan's talon. Galan will no longer be flying in Manhattan, and park officials may suspend the program. Maybe they are worried, rat dogs today, ratlike hairstyles the next. But Gothamist can understand Galan's confusion, we similarly recoil when we see chihuahuas on the street.
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