India's rat problem
Some Indians are so fed up with the army of rodents that's eating them out of house and home that they turned the tableson the beady- eyed pests and having them for dinner.
India's 900 million people could survive for several months on the annual toll taken by bandicoot rats, gerbils and field mice. The rodents destroy about a fourth of all grain, both stored and in the fields.
In most areas officials attack with pesticides that can leave toxic and environmental disaster. In one southern district, they knew who to call, a rat- busting named the rodent and termite squad. ( RATS), These master exterminators, 300 members of the 28000- strong Irula tribe, long renowned for hunting prowess, have been funded by an International aid group and the Indian government.
The hunters ferret out rats in fields, clubbing them with sticks and asphyxiating them with smoke. One hunter can catch dozens, especially in the rice fields.
The RATS team's traditional techniques proved much cheaper per rat than pesticides. Within three years they caught 200000 of the vermin. Some rats feed the Irulas themselves, but most wind up as dinner for hungry reptiles on a crocodile farm. Imagine catching rodents for a living!!
Sources : Book of general knowledge, National Geographic, Pixabay.
I had no idea that it was that big of a problem in india. It's amazing when things become this big of an issue the creative solutions that are developed.
In poorer areas it's really incredibly bad I merely scratched the surface.