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Parisians protest 'genocide' of rats as city battles rodent infestation
Telegraph ^
| 3 SEPTEMBER 2017
| David Chazan
Posted on 09/04/2017 12:50:46 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Parisians protest 'genocide' of rats as city battles rodent infestation
By David Chazan, paris
3 SEPTEMBER 2017 6:11PM
Thousands of Parisians have signed a petition denouncing efforts to control a rat infestation as a rodent genocide.
The French capital is facing its worst rat crisis in decades, and rapid proliferation of the animals has forced several parks to close temporarily amid fears that children could be bitten or infected by disease.
Paris authorities are spending £14 million this year on deratisation.
But some residents have spoken out in defence of the creatures.
Influenced perhaps by the loveable rat Remy in Disneys acclaimed 2007 film Ratatouille, 25,000 people have signed a petition to stop the genocide of the rodents.
Josette Benchetrit, a clinical psychologist who launched the petition at the end of last year, said: Rat phobia is an unwarranted social phobia, like spider phobia. Give a rat a beautiful bushy tail and youve got a squirrel an animal we love. These poor unfortunates are being mercilessly killed because theyve been designated by society as scapegoats to be eradicated.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: france; genocide; paris; rat; rats
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Josette Benchetrit
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posted on
09/04/2017 12:52:10 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
To: TigerLikesRooster
only the Plague can fix stupid like that.
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posted on
09/04/2017 12:57:12 AM PDT
by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
So why aren’t they adopting them as pets?
To: TigerLikesRooster
If the media teaches us anything, it’s that with enough searching, you can find someone who advocates anything, supports any side of any argument, or will be adversely affected by something.
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posted on
09/04/2017 1:04:34 AM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: TigerLikesRooster
"..The French capital is facing its worst rat crisis in decades, and rapid proliferation of the animals has forced several parks to close temporarily amid fears that children could be bitten or infected by disease.."A lotta that goin around here lately.
And unfortunately, it's starting to look like the best solution may be somewhat similar. d;^)
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posted on
09/04/2017 1:14:58 AM PDT
by
CopperTop
(Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
To: TigerLikesRooster
This explains a lot. If they won’t deal with the rodent infestation, they will never address The Muslin infestation. France is doomed.
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posted on
09/04/2017 1:44:53 AM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
To: TigerLikesRooster
A photographer, Xavier Francolon, who spent two days documenting the rats comings and goings, said he was astonished that many people remained indifferent to them.
People were sleeping on the lawn while rats chased each other right beside them, Mr Francolon told the magazine Le Point. Kids go up to them and chase them as if they were pigeons and picknickers munch on their meals as if they werent there.
Rats are often seen in the streets of Paris at night, but Mr Francolon said: What is surprising here is to see them coming out in broad daylight and approaching people who are picknicking without any fear.
He said Parisians seem to have got used to the creatures. They eat their pâté, drink their rosé or quaff their champagne right next to the rats.
According to the newspaper Le Monde, the rat population of central Paris is estimated to number up to six million, about three for every resident, not including the suburbs which are home to millions more.
Rats plague Louvre Museum gardens
Nous sommes francais - nous aimons nos rats d'égout.
We French--we love our sewer rats.
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posted on
09/04/2017 1:45:37 AM PDT
by
henbane
To: TigerLikesRooster
So, a lot of Democrats did leave the U.S. after all.
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posted on
09/04/2017 2:01:40 AM PDT
by
MCF
(If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo.)
To: MCF
They watched Ratatouille? Let them watch “Willard” and they won’t be so keen on rats.
To: TigerLikesRooster
Yet again a psychologists proves to be nuttier than most patients she’ll ever encounter.
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posted on
09/04/2017 2:22:46 AM PDT
by
Moltke
(Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
To: TigerLikesRooster
New food source ??? .... Rat or Human
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posted on
09/04/2017 2:23:58 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(There is no difference between liberals/rinos/moslems/lamestream)
To: TigerLikesRooster
To: TigerLikesRooster
Ohhhh,
The 4 legged rodents.
I thought they were talking of the mooselimbs.
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posted on
09/04/2017 2:42:02 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(President Trump makes obammy look like the punk he is.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Did Trump not get the message through with his often repeated reading of “The Snake”?
The iconic line from Forrest Gump comes right to the top, again. But to the left’s icons of smart, the entire purpose of an analogy is lost. That is why instead of getting into arguments with them, I just end it by asking;
Do you walk to work, or carry your lunch?
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posted on
09/04/2017 2:52:08 AM PDT
by
mazda77
To: Shadowstrike
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posted on
09/04/2017 3:13:03 AM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(Not my circus. Not my monkeys.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Looks like a Parisian version of hitlery
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posted on
09/04/2017 4:16:46 AM PDT
by
Maskot
(Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
But I bet she’s pro-abortion!!!
To: Maskot
25,000 signed the petition. What is the population of Paris? The greater Metro area is over 11 million. This petition doesn’t even merit a one paragraph story.
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posted on
09/04/2017 4:25:01 AM PDT
by
Russ
To: TigerLikesRooster
“Parisians protest ‘genocide’”
Lying headline. SOME Parisians protest ‘genocide’. The animal rights wackos. Normal Parisians want to get rid of the rats.
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posted on
09/04/2017 4:30:03 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Lying Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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