Many also have a soft spot for bunnies and hamsters, but rats as pets may not cross everyone’s mind. However, there’s much ...

The US does not include within its animal welfare laws and regulations the rats, mice and birds who are subjected to research and testing. The federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) was amended in 1970 to ...

In use: Aunt Siu-yee wouldn’t let us back in the flat after we were caught in the storm because we looked like a pair of drowned rats ... were playing cat and mouse with the jewel thieves.