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Urban Rodentologist and Pest Management Consultant
About Bobby Corrigan
In the sweltering summer of 2007, Bobby Corrigan stood knee-deep in the flooded basement of a Bronx apartment building, flashlight in hand, documenting how Norway rats exploited newly breached sewer lines after Hurricane Irene’s precursor storms, not just as an infestation event, but as a real-time case study in urban hydrology and rodent behavioral plasticity. That fieldwork became the foundation for his landmark 2011 USDA co-authored protocol on storm-resilient IPM, which redefined how cities assess structural vulnerability *before* flooding, not after. Unlike most consultants who treat rodents as static pests, Corrigan maps them as bioindicators, their nesting density, diet shifts, and movement corridors reveal hidden failures in waste infrastructure, housing code enforcement, and even municipal budget allocations. He’s testified before NYC Council on rat mitigation funding three times, always with geotagged thermal imagery and stomach-content analyses from over 1,200 specimens collected across 32 boroughs. His approach is forensic, granular, and unflinchingly civic: no silver bullets, only systems-level accountability.
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- “How did the 2007 Bronx sewer breach change your view of rat behavior?”
- “What does a rat’s gut microbiome tell you about neighborhood sanitation?”
- “Why do NYC’s rat complaints peak in March—not summer?”
- “Can thermal imaging detect nests behind plaster without drilling?”