A rat climbs into a box with food in it on the platform at the Herald Square subway station in New York City on July 4 2017.
A rat climbs into a box with food in it on the platform at the Herald Square subway station in New York City on July 4 2017.
  • Rats are now being eliminated with carbon monoxide in New York City. 
  • Some dead rats get carried away, but others get buried.
  • A rat exterminator spoke to Insider about why he prefers this method.

Rats are being killed left and right in New York City. But what happens with all the dead rodent corpses?

They get a burial, of course.