11.10.2007, 11:11:48
Hallo Rolf, ich persönlich halte den Einsatz von Rattengift in der Tat für verabscheuungswürdig, nicht nur problematisch, vor allem die überall in Griechenland übliche Praxis des freien Verkaufs - sogar an Kinder!!! Würden die Griechen nicht ständig die anderen natürlichen Feinde der Ratten immer wieder genau mit diesem Gift umbringen, vor allem die Katzen, hätten sie gar kein Problem mit Rattenplagen! Das ist ein Teufelskreis, der endlich durchbrochen werden muss. In der Newsgroup alt.travel.greece habe ich dazu folgendes geschrieben (leider gerade keine Zeit zum Übersetzen):
Since thousands of years rats and mice spread immensely in places after the
cat population has been wiped out or at least reduced significantly. This
happened in the dark middle ages all over Europe when mainly under the
influence of the catholic church cats were considered to be of hellish
origin and therefore were almost exterminated everywhere. The result was a
Europe-wide increase of rats and as a consequence the outbreak of the deadly
plague.
Also today, there is at least the increase of rats and subsequently an
increase of the diseases they carry with them (not necessarily the plague
again) in all areas where humans before had reduced the cats' population.
So we observe a vicious circle: people lay out poison baits, originally
meant to fight the rats but while the intelligent rats learn to avoid the
poison baits very quick, other animals like dogs and birds AND CATS eat the
baits, die of the poison and again the rats reproduce immensely because of
their natural enemies, the cats, only a few have survived. The wrong
"logical" conclusion of the people suffering from the rats is that there is
more poison necessary, therefore more cats (and other animals) die and more
rats will be born and so on and so on...
Therefore, besides of an unnecessary death toll among cats, dogs and birds -
collateral damage it is called in war terms - wouldn't it simply be wiser
AND cheaper to let the cats live and let them do their natural "job"
properly?
Some people on Chios understand these coherences, some obviously not - and
some consider them pretty convenient.
Since thousands of years rats and mice spread immensely in places after the
cat population has been wiped out or at least reduced significantly. This
happened in the dark middle ages all over Europe when mainly under the
influence of the catholic church cats were considered to be of hellish
origin and therefore were almost exterminated everywhere. The result was a
Europe-wide increase of rats and as a consequence the outbreak of the deadly
plague.
Also today, there is at least the increase of rats and subsequently an
increase of the diseases they carry with them (not necessarily the plague
again) in all areas where humans before had reduced the cats' population.
So we observe a vicious circle: people lay out poison baits, originally
meant to fight the rats but while the intelligent rats learn to avoid the
poison baits very quick, other animals like dogs and birds AND CATS eat the
baits, die of the poison and again the rats reproduce immensely because of
their natural enemies, the cats, only a few have survived. The wrong
"logical" conclusion of the people suffering from the rats is that there is
more poison necessary, therefore more cats (and other animals) die and more
rats will be born and so on and so on...
Therefore, besides of an unnecessary death toll among cats, dogs and birds -
collateral damage it is called in war terms - wouldn't it simply be wiser
AND cheaper to let the cats live and let them do their natural "job"
properly?
Some people on Chios understand these coherences, some obviously not - and
some consider them pretty convenient.