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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

10,000 Birds

Let me introduce my guest blogger, Lisa Owens Viani, co-founder of the California-based group RATS ( Raptors Are The Solution ), which educates people about the dangers of rat poisons. I’ll leave today’s blog in her capable hands. Thanks for your concern for wildlife, Syngenta.).

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Rats help save humans.

4 The Love Of Animals

Recently, another powerful little nose has joined the diagnostic force: that of the African giant pouched rat. The sizeable rodents are helping to detect tuberculosis (TB). Read more about these amazing rats and the work they are doing by visiting the full article here. Rats help save humans.

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Rats Taking Over from Mice in Labs

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I recently fostered the sweetest little rat and I currently have two mice. And, of course, our old friend, Charles River Laboratories, will be a major supplier of lab rats. While both rats and mice have similarities to humans, rats win out in key areas. Therefore, this Boston Globe article saddens me on both levels.

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Why rats live only 2-3 years and some other rodents can live up to 10+ years?

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For the Birds: Midway Atoll Mouse Eradication and NEPA

10,000 Birds

Invasive species , particularly rodents, have long been a problem on the Hawaiian archipelago. Midway, which was once a military facility, has long had mice and it once had rats, though they were eradicated in 1996. Employing long-term biosecurity protocols to prevent the reinvasion of the island by mice and rats.

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Can Nature Take Care of Itself?

10,000 Birds

Inserts in rodent poisons that assure the public they will not kill anything but the offending rats or mice pedal the same questionable claims as those of the snake oil salesmen of bygone days. Will all rescued animals survive to have a happy ending? Veterinarians were taught animals did not “feel” like we did.

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Found this dead rodent at my work and didn’t know where else to ask this but I need to know if it’s a rat or a mouse

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