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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> I have cats, Gene, and they only go part way in removing rodents --
> though they drag a fine, fat rat up to the porch from time to time, I
> still have rats tunneling under the barn.

Depends on the cats. Some would let a mouse build a nest on their 
head. Others stalk anything that moves. When I raise a kitten I tease 
with freshly trapped mice, then give them to them. Some become great mousers.