Kitty Cops

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Homeless cats. Nuisance rats. Put them together, as the Los Angeles Flower Market has done, and everyone's happy (except the rats). The Working Cats program places shelter cats in locations that could use their services, including businesses, schools, and warehouses. So far, they've matched up about 500 cats with close to 50 places. Often, these felines are not the friendliest and, for that reason, are hard to place in private homes. After "working" around people, like at the Flower Market, many become used to humans and end up being adopted. "It's not anything new," says Melya Kaplan, executive director of Voice for the Animals, who came up with the idea in 1999. "People used to have barn cats or church cats to keep out rodents. We just brought [it] to the city, and it seems to be really working": http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-adv-cats-for-hire-20150627-story.html
   Here's the group's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=28&v=2UtX-SOD3VI