Rats

If you can't beat them eat them! (Tricks of the trade observed among the Adi and other North-East Indian tribals)

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4621066
AutoresVictor Benno Meyer-Rochow (0000-0003-1531-9244, Hachinohe Gakuin University, autor correspondente), Karsing Megu (0000-0001-8274-5046, Rajiv Gandhi University), Jharna Chakravorty (0000-0003-3705-8970, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences)
Ano2015
Volume11
Fascículo1
Páginas45-45
Data de publicação2015-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1746-4269 • E-ISSN: 1746-4269
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1186/s13002-015-0034-2
PMID26024664
PMCIDPMC4457996
OpenAlexW2108227150
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas25

Given the need to meet the world's future food demands and the environmental consequences of an expanding livestock production with regard to global warming, water availability, deforestation, soil erosion etc., rats as a food item, as our example shows, should not be overlooked. Using rats as food reduces hunting pressures on other wild and often already rare animals. It is a far superior method to control rat populations than poisoning the rodents and the artisanal construction of rat traps by local menfolk helps maintaining traditional skills and knowledge

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