WARWICK, R.I. — A Providence man who abandoned nearly 300 rats on the side of a road has been ordered to pay $1,000 restitution and perform 50 hours of community service.
Toby Duffany pleaded no contest on Wednesday to animal abandonment.
Authorities say the 22-year-old Duffany left 280 rats crammed into aquariums and cages by the side of a Foster road last month. By the time they were discovered Dec. 30, the animals had been there several days, 72 were dead and the survivors had resorted to cannibalism.
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And to let them breed that far out of control is beyond insane - some people shouldn't be allowed to keep animals or babies!
He could have contacted a rat rescue as the people who work with rats in that way are very accommodating because rats already get a bad enough rap.