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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a foreigner and I feel like Americans don't care about rats or mice. They try to control the number of cats (try to adopt one and you will see!), but not rats. Jerry is a hero, Tom is the villain. Mickey, Stuart Little, and Ratatouille are all American creations, great childhood heroes.

In my country, it is not okay to have rats running on your backyard overnight. Here, it's common and it doesn't even matter if it's in a wealthy or poor neighborhood.

That being said, maybe a typhus outbreak would solve this problem. [/quote]

It’s because we care about animal welfare. Lol.  I myself use rat poison, but don’t dare tell my neighbors [/quote]

I use poison and I’ve been honest with my neighbors about it because some have outdoor cats that might catch a poisoned rat. That being said if I go on Nextdoor, every rat conversation will inevitably have a bunch of people claiming poison is inhumane and illegal (which is wrong, it’s legal in bait stations). I see it on DCUM too. So it’s no surprise we can’t get the problem under control. [/quote]

Rat poison is bad for most species..even humans.  I am not a fan of recklessly spreading it around, unless it's controlled bait type of thing where other animals won't gain access to and would be out of reach of kids.  In my area they used baits. but occasionally some squirrels also got into them enough to get poisoned and die slow painful death    :cry: 
I was always worried about dogs being too curious, some owners don't always know what baits look like.   And definitely indoor/outdoor cat owners should be worried if these are allowed in their area.  [/quote]

I use bait stations. I think loose bait is illegal, and it’s dangerous. There is a chance the bait stations can affect other animals, like your example, but it’s either that or rats, which spread disease harmful to both humans and animals, so I can never understand the reluctance to just kill them the most effective way possible. But maybe that’s just me. [/quote]

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