Karnal police enrol rat recruits...!

Rodents have lately said to become a huge problem in India’s northern states, which are some of the most productive farming areas on the planet. Apart from invading and consuming food supplies, rodents are also said to be responsible for relocating landmines in the border region, throwing the entire landmine removal operation in chaos.

The situation was particularly bad in the central district of Karnal, where armies of mice have, over the years, destroyed many court records.

"Innumerable rodents have invaded the Moharar Maalkhana [record room] and we have been helpless," said the senior superintendent of Karnal, Arshinder Singh Chawla.
But now, Mr Chawla and his men seem to have found an unlikely solution to their problem in a pair of albino relatives of the pest rodents.

"It is working like magic," he said.

"My men have been releasing them in the Maalkhana every night and the pests have just disappeared.

"And the best part is that our guards don't touch the documents or the poppy husk, we keep them well fed on a diet of fresh milk and roti," said Mr Chawla.

Mr Chawla said he had no clue why or how his pet white rats were doing the job, but it could be that he has discovered a new way of tackling India's rodent problem.

Via BBC News.
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