Rat kill

Anand Shankar

October 12 · New Delhi ·

We hate rats. They litter in our homes and make it unhygienic. We give them poisoned cakes to kill them to make our homes clean.
But we also proudly point out that rat is the vehicle of Lord Ganesha. See how concerned the Hindu culture is about biodiversity!

Are we hypocrites or confused? I think we are just inconsiderate, a little less human than we ought to be.

PS: Don't use rat poison. The dead poisoned rat is the food of the cat, crow and other animals. This way the poison travels across the entire food chain. Remember food chain?

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  Kanupriya Jain Be vegetarian.

  October 12 at 9:57am · Like
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  Anand Shankar You miss the point. Read it again. It is not about the significance of vegetarian food preference than about animal food chain and overall biodiversity.
  Remember diclofenac and vultures dying?

  October 12 at 10:02am · Like
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  Anupam Lav when i read "we hate rat" i thought you will give an argument similar to hans landa in IB
  "But if one were to determine what attributes the Jews share with a beast, it would be that of the rat. The Führer and Goebbels's propaganda have said pretty much the same thing, but where our conclusions differ is I don't consider the comparison an insult. Consider, for a moment, the world a rat lives in. It's a hostile world, indeed. If a rat were to scamper through your front door right now, would you greet it with hostility?
  Perrier LaPadite: I suppose I would.
  Landa: Has a rat ever done anything to you to create this animosity you feel towards them?
  LaPadite: Rats spread diseases. They bite people.
  Landa: Rats were the cause of the bubonic plague, but that's some time ago. I propose to you, any disease a rat could spread, a squirrel could equally carry. Would you agree?
  LaPadite: Oui.
  Landa: Yet I assume you don't share the same animosity with squirrels that you do with rats, do you?
  LaPadite: No.
  Landa: But they're both rodents, are they not? And except for the tail, they even rather look alike, don't they?
  LaPadite: It's an interesting thought, Herr Colonel.
  Landa: Ha! However interesting as the thought may be, it makes not one bit of difference to how you feel. If a rat were to walk in here right now, as I'm talking, would you greet it with a saucer of your delicious milk?
  LaPadite: Probably not.
  'Landa: I didn't think so. You don't like them. You don't really know why you don't like them; all you know is you find them repulsive"

  October 12 at 5:36pm · Edited · Like
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  Anand Shankar Anupam bhai ..kahan eee landa panda ke chakkar mein ji?

  October 12 at 6:48pm · Like
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  Akash Kumar Anand Shankar : Almost all human beings are hypocrites in general and Indians in particular.

  October 12 at 7:51pm · Like
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  Anand Shankar Akash Kumar ye bahut badi theory hai bhai.. choohon ki socho 

  October 12 at 7:54pm · Like
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  Madan Mishra Anand jee bat to aap thik kah rahe hain , kyoki sat mahine pahle ek cat jaharile rat ko khakar mar gai , but kal apke car ke oil tank ka tar rat ne kat diya , jiske karan Rs 1000/- ka chakkar ho gaya, solution?

  October 12 at 9:49pm · Like
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  Anand Shankar कुतरना चूहे का नैसर्गिक गुण है, इसमें उसका कोई दोष नहीं. उसे नहीं पता की वो जिसे कुतर रहा है उस से किसका क्या नुकसान हो रहा है..
  इसलिए उनको मारने से ये समस्या हल नहीं होगी. हमको ही बचाव करना होगा. एक और उपाय है चूहेदानी का उपयोग. उन्हें पकडिये और दूर सड़क पर या मैदान में छोड़ आइये. ये उपाय उनको मारने से कम निर्दयता वाला है.
  
  और मेरा ज़ोर इस बात पे है की उन्हें ये जहर के बिस्किट देकर न मारा जाए..क्यूंकि इस से बाकी जानवर भी खतरे में आ जाते हैं. ये अधिक महत्वपूर्ण है.

  October 13 at 8:19pm · Like · 2
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  Ravi Roshan चूहे को पकड़ कर बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री जीतनमांझी जी को दे दीजिए वे खुद ठिकाने लगा देंगे !