A Letter in the PostDisappearance of predators
------Tabanan regency and other areas of Bali are experiencing serious rice crop damage from rats because natural predators have almost disappeared. Farmers have been killing snakes in their rice fields for many years, and poachers routinely steal baby owls from the nest to sell at the illegal wildlife market in Denpasar.
------Trying to manage the pest with poison endangers the few predators that remain. Only by returning the balance with nature and encouraging natural predators in the rice fields will solve the problem.--------------------------------------------------CAT--------------------------------------------------Ubud--------------------------------------------------BaliAt the risk of sounding flippant, after all this is a cry for commonsense, aren't cats natural predators of rats?
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