Your xenophobia is showing. And this from a bear!
There’s probably a reason that science fiction shows don’t show rodentoid species, but probably not a good reason.
Bears are people too ya know. With all the faults and failing that implies.
Actually my "developing nation" upbringing is showing. Rats and other vermin were a real problem in some places. The only way to keep your food safe was to seal it in Tupperware and then store that inside a latched metal box.
Otherwise you opened a box of oats to find a unpleasant whiskered surprise.