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Nearly 900 would-be Rat Czars have responded to New York City’s solicitation for a citywide director of rodent mitigation.

“It went wild,” a city spokesperson told The Daily Beast on Friday. “It really did, which is good.”

The applicants included a number of cats. At least one feline’s submission had a photo attached.

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