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LETTERS, Page 4"Raticide" in Boston
So Boston is going to get rat expert William B. Jackson to
eliminate the rats under the city (ENVIRONMENT, Feb. 27). This Pied
Piper may have to deal with the state's "humaniacs." Having lost
an attempt to hobble livestock farming in the state in '88 and now
ineffectively battling trappers and furriers, they could home in
on this planned "raticide."
Bill Fitzgerald, Chairman
Massachusetts Dairy Committee
Ashfield, Mass.
I was appalled by Jackson's plan, which would kill Boston's
rats by agonizing methods. Nature's satisfaction with these
creatures is evident in their biological success, but human beings
have self-righteously singled them out for every kind of unbearable
torment. Surely science can develop a way that will be both
efficient and humane when extermination is considered absolutely
necessary.
Yohma Gray
Evanston, Ill.
Rodents are common to many urban environments; however,
Boston's is the first massive public works project that has aimed
at preventing a rodent problem before beginning a major excavation.
We see this as a unique opportunity to augment education and
sanitation programs. The result: a significantly reduced rodent
population in the next ten years and an unprecedented opportunity
to combat a public health nuisance.
William V. Twomey, Project Director
Central Artery/Third Harbor
Tunnel Project
Boston