"There is a place for everybody in our cities" You mean once we destroyed their habitat anyways? All houses, buildings, roads, factories, etc, were all habitat

"There is a place for everybody in our cities" You mean once we destroyed their habitat anyways? All houses, buildings, roads, factories, etc, were all habitats to animals, insects, vegetation, etc, and then they were displaced or killed when the land was cleared for construction. But luckily for us, that was before we moved in or places we don't have to see it. All the items you use are mined and manufactured in buildings or places that destroyed other life on the planet, and then will destroy more once disposed of again. This empathy for rats seems completely misplaced.