Does killing Rats count as Animal Cruelty?

There are many animals that your friendly, neighbourhood Devil Man not only loves, but truly adores. He is a great animal lover!

He loves kitty cats (meow), doggy woggies (woof, woof!), chickens (yum! :drool:), cows (moo!), parrots, hamsters, rabbits, horses, Ninja's, goats, sheep, bears, lions, tigers, yeti's, Big Foot...

All animals! He loves all of Mother Natures creations, truly! :hyper: And he is a great believer in Animal Rights too, and totally supports the rights of, umm, animals...

Except for one :radred:

I totally hate, hate, HATE Rats! Totally hate them! I want to butcher every rat on this planet because they are just filthy scum-bags! They carry diseases, they are ugly and they stink. I wish death and destruction upon every Rat in the universe.

However, my topic is: does killing rats count as Animal Cruelty?

Because Devil Man likes to be called an Animal Lover (and many women have indeed called him that ;) ) yet does his desire to annhilate Rats mean he is actually cruel to some animals? :(

Discuss!

Rats don't have feelings. Well, if you cut their head off, they don't, anyway.

Yes it does. Killing any animal is without a doubt animal cruelty. No question.

Please dun kill LITTLE MANUS. :(

I dislike rats and mice. Especially as theres a resident mouse in our house that annoys me to no end.

But rats are just evil

Rats have a significant impact on food production. Estimates vary, but it is likely that anything between 1/5 and 1/3 of the world's total food output is eaten, spoiled or destroyed by rats and other rodents.

It's cruel to keep food from peoples mouths.

I like field mice, they are so small and cute and fluffy. AAAWWWWW!!!!:D :love: :D :love: But rats. *Shiver* when I was a kid I hated rats after I heard what happened in the black plague. They carry dieseases, they spread bactirea, they squeal so damn smurfing much!!!! I HATE THEM!!!!!! GRRRRR!!!!!!!

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Yeah they are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo adorable I always wanted to have one but my parents don't let me :mad: my grandmother hates them! :D

Rats I have nothing against them! ^^ But I wouldn't adopt them! ;) and don't kill them :mad2:

Not if it's self-defence or nobody saw it.

Rats are awesome. >_> My initials are R.A.T.. I can see killing anything that's infesting your house, though. Just don't, like, step on some rat you see in the streets. :P

Considering how rats outnumbered the human race by LOADS, I have no objection to killing to odd one or two. Also, BUBONIC PLAGUE, PEOPLE! BUBONIC!

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Originally Posted by Quin 'n' Tonic

Considering how rats outnumbered the human race by LOADS, I have no objection to killing to odd one or two. Also, BUBONIC PLAGUE, PEOPLE! BUBONIC!

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WErd up thugg deala. Rats are diseased freaks who need to feel our AMERICAN CRUSADE~! When the military gets back from Iraq, those dirty rats (pun completely intended) are all going down!

bipper

Yes! But killing cockroaches...isn't. :shifty:

My dad's friend once crushed a cockroach and smoked it. Survive that, bitch.

If you kill them humanely, it does not count towards animal cruelty. If you don't, then it does. Just like any other animal.