Pythons released to kill rats

Fri, 21 May 2004, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

YOGYAKARTA: Sleman Regent Ibnu Subiyanto has released at least
100 pythons in rice fields in Argomulyo village, Cangkringan
subdistrict, in an effort to fight a rat plague there.

Pythons have proven effective in controlling the rising
population of rats in farmland in Yogyakarta, he said, calling on
farmers to no longer kill the snakes when they found them in
their paddy fields.

"Let's treat the snakes as our friends. These snakes are
protectors of our farms," Subiyanto said. --JP

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