Rats 'wrongly blamed' for 1900 Glasgow plague outbreak

This means the rats will seek an official apology from the current government and possibly financial restitution.

Well, maybe we can stop trying to kill them so hard?

Millions in wasted money, plastic traps with poison, poison in sewers and onwards, immeasurable with current technology amount of suffering in beings closely related to us, all on another ridiculous quest of species-blaming.

We don't really kill them because of plague risk.

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Glasgow was second city of the British empire back then, so I wouldn't be surprised if the plague arrived by boat.

My admiration to those who investigate outbreaks of diseases. This is important work, investigating the contacts of patients, and determinating patient zero.

It involves coming in dangerous close contact to those who might be already infected.