SETTING POISON.
Sir,—T would like to draw attention to the number of house pets that are being poisoned at the present time, due to the careless and indiscriminate laying of rat poison. Persons who have no occasion to lay poison about their property, suffer through the thoughtlessness and carelessness of others, by having their cats and dogs destroyed. The titrable seems to be that poison is often spread on big pieces of meat, or bread and butter that are too large for the rat to eat on the spot, so it drags the food away, and someone else's dog or cat gets it. Poison is quite effective if mixed with meal or pumpkin seeds, and there is then no danger to inoffensive and valuable animals. Another safe method is to spread it on bread and butter cut into small pieces; the rat eats what it wants on the spot and the remainder can be taken up in the morning and burnt. Personally, after two years' experience, I find a small terrier the best means of combating rats about a place. Right To Love.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17764, 25 April 1921, Page 7
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