LETTER PAGE LIVERPOOL ECHO

[stormyboy 1,352]

Treat rats humanely

 

RATS are becoming an increasingly common sight in Liverpool. Understandably many people don’t want rats anywhere near their houses but some Liverpool residents are using, shall we say, not the most humane methods to get rid of them.

 

Glue traps, usually flat trays coated with adhesive, trap animals who are then subject to starvation and dehydration if not found. Some animals have been known to chew off their own limbs when attempting to escape. Poison, another alternative, affects rats' nervous systems and causes convulsions before the animals finally succumb to the effects of the toxin. So what’s the answer? Humane rodent traps allow animals to be captured without harm and they can then be released into non-populated areas. No animal deserves to die a slow, stressful death.

 

Will Wright, Four Paws UK

 

 

Got to agree re: glue boards-I would not use them. As for the poison-affects the nervous system and causes convulsions?

WRONG. Anticoagulants,prevent blood clotting. Releasing live trapped rats? ILLEGAL.Trapping said rats in the first place? One word-NEOPHOBIA-an innate fear of new objects makes rats virtually impossible to trap effectively in numbers. Ill informed bullshit.

[luke_hirst@yahoo.co.uk 8]

HAHA THERS SUM CRANKS ON HERE

[tearem 31]

In Rotterdam (Holland) a few years ago the rats were also visible in broad daylight. I was sitting in the tram and thought, now we have more work for the terriers within the cities than outside, also with all the urban foxes.

Time Weils' disease spread a bit, or the plague....then they scream for terriers, and with these superhumans it's all a matter of time, while the last vulnerable species disappear because people are claiming the last space on earth, someone's going to protect the CITY RAT. Do so....someone's got to die of something, especially since all germs are resistant against antibiotics.

[Gerry48 10]

Treat rats humanely

 

RATS are becoming an increasingly common sight in Liverpool. Understandably many people don’t want rats anywhere near their houses but some Liverpool residents are using, shall we say, not the most humane methods to get rid of them. Yes there is a big rat problem in Liverpool. He goes by the name of Andy carol

 

Glue traps, usually flat trays coated with adhesive, trap animals who are then subject to starvation and dehydration if not found. Some animals have been known to chew off their own limbs when attempting to escape. Poison, another alternative, affects rats' nervous systems and causes convulsions before the animals finally succumb to the effects of the toxin. So what’s the answer? Humane rodent traps allow animals to be captured without harm and they can then be released into non-populated areas. No animal deserves to die a slow, stressful death.

 

Will Wright, Four Paws UK

Why dont we catch a load of rats in live catch traps and take them to Will house and let them go there, see how he likes that.

[Leeview 791]

Treat rats humanely

 

RATS are becoming an increasingly common sight in Liverpool. Understandably many people don’t want rats anywhere near their houses but some Liverpool residents are using, shall we say, not the most humane methods to get rid of them. Yes there is a big rat problem in Liverpool. He goes by the name of Andy carol

 

Glue traps, usually flat trays coated with adhesive, trap animals who are then subject to starvation and dehydration if not found. Some animals have been known to chew off their own limbs when attempting to escape. Poison, another alternative, affects rats' nervous systems and causes convulsions before the animals finally succumb to the effects of the toxin. So what’s the answer? Humane rodent traps allow animals to be captured without harm and they can then be released into non-populated areas. No animal deserves to die a slow, stressful death.

 

Will Wright, Four Paws UK

Why dont we catch a load of rats in live catch traps and take them to Will house and let them go there, see how he likes that.

or the Livrpool Echo's office front desk bit of hands on experience may change their views

Y.I.S Leeview

[HGN 150]

Must be no child cruelty in Liverpool when some dick has to write in trying to speak up for rats .....

[long dogs 580]

rats are dirty b*****ds and once there dead everybodys happy

well said big fella