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Humane rat control
On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 13:00:40 +0100, "Peter Crosland"
wrote: ~ Section 14 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act ... ~ snip ~ It includes Grey Squirrel and Black Rat but not Rabbit or Brown Rat. ~ ~ I don't know of any law which prohibits the capture and release of ~ Rabbits or Brown Rats. ~ ~ One that covers vermin perhaps? ~ ~ As you say that act is to preserve the indigenous habitat/species from ~ imports. Though the rabbit is techincally an import albeit it it has ~ been here a long time, the Romans introduced it I think. ~ ~Thanks for that Malcolm and Dave. AFAIK neither the brown rat, rattus ~norvgicus, or the black rat, rattus rattus, are native species. The Normans ~imported the rabbit in quantity. The Romans were responsible for importing ~the edible dormouse, gliss gliss, that has become a major pest in some parts ~of the Home Counties. ~ ~As for the OP your love of animals needs to be tempered with some common ~sense. As an animal lover I deplore cruelty to most species but in the case ~of vermin it is necessary to be realistic and accept that they need to be ~killed for the greater good. Although rare the diseases spread by rat are ~potentially lethal and very unpleasant. Would you like the death of someone ~from Weils Disease on your conscience? Just as an aside, I once read that the average rat carries between 7 and 12 lethal diseases for humans. The average town pigeon carries 36. Tom Lehrer, anyone? -- jane Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain Please remove nospam from replies, thanks! |
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