Posted on 05/29/2012 1:53:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Well, it’s my GUESS that the feral birds actually EAT the birds they kill. I also think that birds will figure out predators...or not. It’s part of nature, doncha think?
The rats carry the fleas OR lice. The fleas or lice carry the bacteria/virus that kills.
California had a mini outbreak of the plague WAY back when the Chinese first came to the "golden mountain" to work on the railroads and in the mines. There were a few, very few rodents who got infected. Luckily they were destroyed.
Even the rough and ready California miners weren't as FILTHY as the mainstream Chinese in China, so the plague didn't spread.
The plague was a product of unremitting FILTH which was part and parcel of the Chinese culture. Still is, as far as I could see (and smell). I don't CARE what their government says...one can smell the stench of sewage in their rivers.
...and it’s the illegals that bring the typhus from Mexico, then spread it to the fleas. Santa Ana has one of the highest illegal alien populations in the country. I think it’s over 75% illegals.. Something tells me there’s no coincidence here.
This was the problem in the 17th century in the plaque of London when everyone was going after the cats and dogs and not the rat population.
Here you are FRiend. http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/05/29/officials-try-to-round-up-feral-cats-reduce-flea-population-to-stave-off-oc-typhus-threat/
This report is too vague. What type of types is it? If it is Murine then the fleas originated on rats and they ought to be focusing on getting rid of the rats. If it is epidemic typhus then it originated with lice and they ought to be rounding up the humans in the area. Either way ‘vector control’ is not doing what would alleviate the situation. No big surprise though since when AIDS was first rampant they wouldn’t close the bath houses either
Feral cats should be controlled - trapped, neutered and released (some cannot again make a happy life as a “house cat”), even in normal circumstances. At least when neutered, those who are neutered do not extend the feral cat population.
They are an outcome of residents who have failed to control their own “house cats” - in other words, an outcome of pet-handling by people who have no business having domestic pets in the first place.
Is there a human vaccine for typhus?
Thank you kindly.
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