1,000 cats poisoned by raticide in 20 days

Chinanews, Changsha, Jul. 17 – Binhu Village in Hunan Province was recently infested with rats. Our reporter saw remains of rats on village roads, and mouse holes could be found everywhere in the villagers’ courtyards.
Binhu is the most serious infested place around the Dongting Lake. Xu Hongguang, local Party chief, said that most plants had been eaten by rats. Since the rat disaster broke out on June 28, the villagers have spent 12 thousand yuan to buy raticides, and even 3 tons of rice were used to be mixed with raticide.
Raticide not only kills rats, but also cats and dogs. Some 1,000 cats and 100 dogs raised by the villagers were killed by raticide in 20 days. Xu said currently the most important task is to kill rats, and some sacrifices are unavoidable.
Tao Weixin, a farmer who was forced to move out of the village, said that only mankind is fighting against rats at the moment, and rat’s natural enemy like cats and owls is on the verge of extinction around the region.