In Etterbeek, ferrets to dislodge and kill rats

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In Etterbeek, ferrets to dislodge and kill rats

The Brussels municipality is the only one in Belgium to have used mustelids for more than ten years to eradicate infested areas. A method as natural as it is radical “Theo!” Jean de Marcken shows his dog a rat that takes escampette powder. Neither one nor two, the border terrier runs like a madman, chases the rodent under a bush, turns around a tree, grabs the animal with a sharp blow and jerks it frantically in its mouth. All in under five seco…