Bangladesh Launches Campaign Against Rats
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DHAKA, Bangladesh — Armed with cats, traps and poisons, Bangladesh launched a two-week extermination campaign Wednesday against rats, branding them public enemy No. 1. The government will give 14 cents for every rattail a person produces.
Officials say the amount of grain that rats devour every year could feed 3 million people in this South Asian nation, one of the world’s poorest.
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