Village Moves to Escape Rats

by Mary Richard | December 29, 2008 at 01:23 pm
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A small village in Northeastern Iran tried to win the rat race, but the rats won.  The villagers are moving.

The rats overran the village of Maskan in Khorasan province two years ago and have been leaving their mark ever since, the Fars News Agency reported.

After trying to rid the village of the pests, the people of Maskan finally decided to leave and start life in a new location, some 20 miles (30 km) away on land donated by landlords and the government, according to Fars.

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Emilio Lizardo

These are a peaceful people !

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Baby rat in a Bronx alleyway. Taken by Standard Pest Management.

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Put whew ... Really there in alongside there is not service which would help to be delivered from rats?

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