Watch this video of a group of rat-hunting dogs in NYC

A group of dogs (and their owners) known as R.A.T.S. are taking it upon themselves to hunt down and kill rats in NYC. The group unleashes their trained dogs on these rodents on NYC streets and the dogs then capture and kill the rats as some sort of urban sport.

It's a little odd I guess but it gets the job done. A part of me does worry about diseases being transferred from the rats to the dogs (aren't rats known to be carriers of some of the deadliest diseases in human history?). Anyway, as nasty as this is, I think I'd love to watch a night of this. Looks interesting...