Mankind's new best friend? Racoon-size RatsSource: The Boston Globe
Reviled as vermin through the ages, rats are becoming unlikely soldiers in the struggle against two scourges of the developing world: land mines and tuberculosis.
In Mozambique, special squads of raccoon-size rats are sniffing out lethal explosive devices buried across the co …
UK society 'condemning' children - sees them as 'dangerous'Source: BBC News
More than half the population believe UK children are "feral" and behave like animals, a survey has suggested.
Half of the 2,021 adults interviewed by YouGov for the poll also felt children should be regarded as "dangerous".

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Creepy! House crawling with roaches and ratsSource: wptv.com
Neighbors in Lake Worth are disgusted by a house that is overrun by roaches and rats.
They were there by the hundreds, everywhere, crawling over the entire outside of the house, as well as the inside.

In the summer months, two weeks in the sun is just too much and leads to an increase in vermin, maggot infestation, putrid smells and lots of other problems.
When rats attack!Source: Reuters
New York was named on Thursday as the U.S. city most vulnerable to a rat attack as warmer weather and aging infrastructure fuels rodent populations across the United States.