News Report on Giant Rat

Just thought ppl might be interested in seeing this giant rat

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/giant-rat-caught-killed-grandad-174504562.html

Looks like a Coypu not a rat!

now that a biggy

It does look like a coypu doesn't it?

I would say probably is a coypu!

Must admit when I saw it earlier I was a bit sad at the attitude of 'kill it kill it kill it!'

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Totally agree Laura. Whatever the creature was, it was minding its own business in its natural environment and I didn't see the need to kill it at all. It was hardly doing any harm.

I think he's a horrible piece of work, whatever it is. The fact that he was saying it was slow & probably pregnant & he battered it. Wtf. It's not like people walk down the street & kill badgers or geese.

Totally agree Rach. Think he should be reported to the RSPCA. If he'd done that to a dog or cat, he'd be prosecuted for animal cruelty. But this news report makes him out to be somewhat of a hero! Sometimes I'm ashamed of being human!

Apparently the RSPCA are looking into it. I'm sure nothing will come of it but.

yeah they're pretty useless but at least it's been reported

I've seen a few reports like this, and every time people are like.. It can't be Coypu! They were eradicated! But I don't think it's completely implausible that some may have survived or even someones had some in captivity and they've escaped. I think they look more like Beavers than rats imo, and I too was saddened by the KILL IT KILL IT attitude. Though I wouldn't of thought the man could get in trouble for killing something that was supposed to be culled anyways. That's not to say I agree with it.

Awe that's not nice, and its sad really, i don't know if the SPCA is better in other counties or even England but if it happened here the SPCA would have been like hmm.... too expensive to sort *forget* lol i hate the animal rights in this country, they are stupid. I've hated them for as long as i remember even as a kid my mother would ask where i wanna live when i'm older and i would say "not here, animals get treated like crap here" ^^

This is actually being investigated by the police currently!

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