On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 13:06:54 +0100, beccabunga
wrote:




That sounds completely horrid. Why should anyone want to kill a rat
just because it's a rat, is that a crime for the poor beast to be a
rat? And if you feel you really must kill them why do it in such a
nasty way! I dread to think what you feel we should do with our feral
children.

I should like to discourage them, not wipe them out.

If you can come up with a way to discourage rats, you will be a
millionaire before you know it. They are vermin, carrying and
transmitting dirt and disease, and are the last thing you want in your
home.[/i][/color]

That would apply to many creatures including humans I guess.

Maybe you have never met one face to face in a cupboard?

Quite right just 99.99999% of us. Perish the thought. Though the
problem is in the garden not the cupboards.

As to feral children - that's another kettle of fish. Parents who care is
the first stage.