Rat-Killing Champion Crowned in Bangladesh
After disposing of 39,650 rodents, a man from Bangladesh has been crowned a rat-killing champion and has been awarded a 14-inch Sony color television for his efforts.
It took Binoy Kumar Karmakara one year to perform the daunting task and he used traps, poison and flooding to capture the animals.
He also kept their tails so that he could keep count.
Killing rats is a strategy that was launched by the government of Bangladesh because rats are responsible for the loss of about 10% of the country’s crops. That is a terrible figure for a region of the world where people starve and die in the public streets.
“During the year, our farmers killed around 25 million rats and Kumar Karmakara has been declared the champion for killing 39,650,†said agriculture department spokesman, Abdul Halim.
Hail to the champion! Pied Pier, step down!
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By MDeeDubroff on 26-02-2009
Comment by Pikachu
February 26th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Good chance to enjoy Ratatouille in his new TV
Comment by Tien Nguyen
February 26th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Are they going to eat it afterwards?
Comment by ..
February 26th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
most likely not since these are wild rats and those eat anything and carry disease. theres gonna be animal cruelty ppl whining about this but the way i see it its just like how we deal with rats here…except on the scale of 25 million of them
Comment by slayersremix
February 26th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
duna duna duna duna duna duna RATMAN! Man I love this site! Wow weird news indeedy. Sounds kinda fun and sad.
Comment by ludawg
February 26th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
OMG 14 inches??? AND IN COLOR!!?? We truly are living in the future.
Come on, this guy deserves something better. 40k rats…
Comment by ..
February 26th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
a 14 inch tv to him is like a 48 lcd for us
Comment by darkwing duck
February 27th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
next the Taj Maha
Comment by kinggeorge
March 14th, 2009 at 12:21 am
Aint bangladesh a separate country to india?? Wierd news FAIL
Comment by X2
April 23rd, 2009 at 7:47 pm
is this article reliable?
Comment by Buncy
November 6th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Also funny that they have an article about wild rats, but then there's a picture of a fancy (domesticated) rat in it O_o
Comment by Uncle B
November 6th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Can rats be rendered into simple oils, and /or eaten by maggots to give very fertile compost as is done by hidden folks in the Shanty -Towns, who actually humanure their garden plots,compost everything they cannot eat and survive, disenfranchised, without even decent medical care in the richest and blindest country in the world? Where do they live? SEE: http://uprooted.jessicareeder.com/2009/09/detroit... How do they do it? SEE: http://forums.seedsavers.org/showthread.php?p=507... Shocking to some Americans still suffering from "Affluenza" ? Afre the next normal healthy down cycle of our capitalistic economy, hidden in its trough is the greatest depression the world has ever known, the dollar worthless, gold at over $1200.00 per troy ounce, oil well over $80.00