I mentioned some cats looking for a home several posts down, now I've found a story about rats doing the same. From the Journal News comes this story from Ardsley, NY:
...The next day, as classes ended for the year, teachers caught two rats let loose in the cafeteria.Now Martin is trying to find good homes for the rats — and the 18 babies they recently gave birth to.
Martin said rats are friendlier and make better pets than mice, hamsters or gerbils.
"Rats are much smarter and calmer," she said. "But because they're rats, they come with a stigma. People think of sewer rats, but pet rats are completely different."
She should know. She already has six pet rats, along with four parakeets, two cats and a dog.
Despite her family's fondness for the rats, her mother said there was no way they could keep the 20 new arrivals, now housed in Martin's garage. "Can you wonder why?" Doreen Martin said, with a tone of irony.