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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Headline of the Day: Predators Mobilized to Keep Rats at Bay

Seems the Chinese have specially trained foxes to take them out.

This from the China Peoples Daily. Apparantly an overpopulation of rats threatens grasslands in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. So, they've set up special fox training camps. Eagles and wolves are also being used. No word on whether the eagles and wolves are getting some of that special training...

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