PETA Celebrates Rats’ Rights! Passage of Flaco’s Law Will Save Scores of Little Lives

For Immediate Release:
September 26, 2024

Contact:
Rachel Hershkovitz 202-483-7382

Please see the following statement from PETA Director Ashley Byrne in response to the New York City Council’s unanimous passage earlier today of Flaco’s Law, which will introduce a rat birth control pilot program in two city neighborhoods:

Hats off to the council for taking this big step to save lots of precious little lives. PETA pushed the city and its self-described “bloodthirsty” rat czar to prioritize effective control methods like trash mitigation and birth control over cruel, lethal methods such as poison and suffocation—and with the success of a comparable pilot program in the Boston area, we’re sure all of NYC is just a whisker away from benefitting from this innovative approach.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.