The rats don't run this city, THESE DOGS DO!
From left to right: Owner Marshall Feinberg with dog Henry, owner Jennifer Scanlan with dog Fitz, and owner Bomani Mtume with dog Barto. Photograph by Keely Bastow.
Now, Mtume and his crew meet at 11 PM on Saturdays to embark on a two-hour hunt. The group includes 27-year-old dog trainer Marshall Feinberg and his greyhound-whippet-pitbull mix, Henry, along with 35-year-old HR professional Jennifer Scanlan and her jagdterrier, Fitz None of the three dogs were actually trained to hunt–they’re driven solely by intuition. True to name, rat terriers—and many other breeds—have a natural prey drive.
Mtume holding up the first kill of the night, before tossing it in the dumpsters behind him. Photograph by Keely Bastow. Eventually, Mtume suggested they start going through the dumpsters themselves. Everyone agreed and he lowered Barto into a dumpster. Mtume moved garbage bags to give Barto a better shot, and he went in for the kill. Two more rats down. In another alley, Mtume lowered Fitz into a dumpster in view of Andy’s Pizza for his first dumpster kill. Some days they can spend two hours just killing rats in dumpsters–that’s how many are in there, Mtume says.
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