While at the National Pest Management Association’s (NPMA) Legislative Day event in Washington, D.C., in March, I hung out with several personnel from the National Wildlife Control Operators of America (NWCOA) — including President Drew Cowley, Vice President Chris Lunn and Training Coordinator Jim Goins. We all kept busy networking and interacting with other pest and wildlife management professionals, but we found ourselves participating in a rather odd activity during breaks: counting Norway rats.