I just saw a programme on BBC1 called the rat pack... I think it's a series..

They let a terrior go after a rat and it ragged it to kill it...
Aparantly that's their job, to get rid of wild rats from people's properties
As much as i dont like wild rats, i would never hurt one

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There was a programme a bit like that shown last year I think. What they didn't show you was that afterwards the little dogs had to be put to sleep as they caught diseases from the rats. These little dogs have it in their instincts to hunt and kill the rats without realising the danger to them.

i go rating my dogs kill loads of them horrible disease carrying vermin i allso shoot them

i saw that aswell.....poor ratties

if people kept there propertys clean and tidy then they wouldent go there.

I know the series you mean. The dog is very well cared for, and its one of the kindest ways of dispatching the rats.

Poisons, traps and sticky pads can cause prolonged suffering.

Its what terriers are bred for, and that little guy does a great job.

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I saw that he was well cared for but i did only watch it for 10 mins

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Midnight, Alice, Bethany, Midget, Hermionie, Dora, Valentine, Casper, MJ and new babies!!! Meeces
Dean, Bella, Ruby Hammies

rats dont just go in dirty places they go were there is food like corn silos rats are very clean animals but they carry deseases

Its not to everyones taste.

I can see the need for it though. Rats just get everywhere, town, country, clean, dirty. They just dont care.

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i watched a bit of it when they were in a tower block buti had to turn it over aswell , thedog was cute though

I love pet rats and have had them in the past, and want some more in the future, but if I had wild rats any where near or in the house I would definately want them gone and would rather use dogs or some other relatively quick method than traps where they can be trapped and not killed so they linger in pain till they eventually die or poison them which is a horrendous death and dangerous to other animals.

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