Portland Oregon was named after Portland Maine, and the original insists that its crazy western relatives remember who was first

“Please, think of the rats!”: Rodent Lovers Urge Portland City Council to Save Rats Infesting Site of Former Homeless Camp

[An] Arundel resident told the City Council that the designation of the rats in Harbor View Park as wild rats rather than domesticated rats had cut off resources to volunteers who are trying to get the rats veterinary care.

“I believe that the actions of the state veterinarian in declaring that these rats are wild has caused more harm than good, it has crippled efforts of volunteers to help these rats,” the Arundel resident said.

He added that the designation of the rats as wild has made it so that volunteers could not bring the rats “to [their] standard veterinarians to receive medical care and advice.”

Arundel is roughly 25 miles away from Portland City Hall.

(Tip of the hat to the reporter who added that distance calculation)

… Wilcox-Ames told the City Council that she is “on [her] phone constantly trying to check the status of these rats.”

“We want to help these rats, these are not wild rats, the behaviors are drastically different, the markings are drastically different,” she said.

Wilcox-Ames concluded her public comment by urging the Council to “please, think of the rats.”