Obese rat dies escaping NYC trash can - but locals laud sick scene as high art: 'It's sculpture'

Even rodent-weary New Yorkers were deeply moved by the sight of a rat so fat it died after gorging on garbage in Riverside Park - with some comparing the sidewalk scene to high art or "a New York sculpture." The rat was found squeezed and slumped between the bars of a trashcan near Riverside's 103rd...