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Originally Posted by du tan  It wasnt a humane trap, I killed it.
Rats are disease-ridden vermin, and although I agree with you, poison getting into the food chain is bad news. Disease-ridden rats scratching away in my loft, which they are entering from (the empty) next door's loft, leaving droppings and foul urine smells everywhere, and keeping me away for endless nights has not exactly earned any favour from me.
In the wild, although I would never encourage them, I accept they have their place. In my house, however, they do not. |
While I understand the desire to not have rats in your home, may I point out that they are a long way from being disease ridden or dirty. Like most wild animals they are extremely clean, and all animals carry diseases. Only about 40% of rats carry leptospirosis (Weils Disease), which is a much lower percentage even than a lot of domestic animals.