PETA claims Jared Kushner as "a rich pest" in a billboard targeting "Baltimore rat-infested" apartments

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment) is carrying out advocacy efforts directly to the West Wing with its latest poster campaign. Jared Kushner, whose family owns more than a dozen apartment complexes in the area, calls the White House advisor and real estate specialist, a "significant parasite". In advertising, Kushner is photographed filing on a pile of money next to a picture of a rat PETA nicknamed the "poor guy just trying to survive" holding a piece of cheese .

The eyebrow ad comes after Kushner's father-in-law, President Trump, called Maryland's long-time MP Elijah Cummings in a series of social media talks about his leadership of his district, which includes Baltimore County. In this document, Mr. Trump mentioned Baltimore as "a disorder infested with rats and rodents".

According to WJZ-TV, a subsidiary of CBS in Baltimore, 164 complaints have been filed since 2017 in properties owned by Kushner, resulting in 56 notices of correction and citations of a fine of $ 13,200, according to the spokesperson Baltimore County, TJ Smith.

All of these problems were related to complex quality of life issues, such as mold, insect infestations, mice, rats, window or door leaks, inadequate air conditioning, or lack of heat.

699 units passed the annual inspection, while 200 units failed, according to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. The sign is located at an address near the Baltimore Town Hall, Police Department, District Court and HUD offices.

Meanwhile, PETA has proposed some of its own solutions to treat a rodent problem in a humane way, such as storing food and garbage in tightly closed containers that rats can not gnaw and seal the holes and cracks around of your property. .

"Smart, social and resourceful rats that are just trying to make a living are suffering when legitimate owners neglect human measures to control rodents," PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said in a statement. "PETA encourages property managers to kick out unwanted small tenants using only effective and non-lethal methods."