Find out what it means to…. PETA. The preeminent vermin rights group has spoken, demanding that China respect rats. Rats, they say, have dreams. No, I am not making this up.
BEIJING – An animal rights group called Monday for China to treat rats with kindness and respect, as millions across the nation begin to celebrate the coming Year of the Rat.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, said it has asked the Chinese government to consider animal welfare laws for rats used in laboratory experiments. The group also recommended a series of guidelines for animals used in science.
"Rats sing, they dream, and they express empathy for others," Coco Yu of PETA's Asia-Pacific branch said in a statement.
One too many viewings of Ratatouille, one presumes. Rats spread at least 70 known diseases to humans with even more suspected. They are extremely destructive creatures that reproduce like wildfire. In other words, they are vermin.
Not only that, but such rules would actually give the rats more rights than Chinese people enjoy.