https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Scientists in Germany have been discovering the human side to rats, raising difficult ethical questions about their use in medical experiments. Here's what they found. https://www.thelocal.de/20190913/hide-and-squeak-german-scientists-reveal-the-playful-lives-of-rats Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:57:38 +0200 hide-and-squeak-german-scientists-reveal-the-playful-lives-of-rats On Thursday the Tierschutzverein (animal protection services) in Munich were horrified to find a man living with 300 rats in his two-room flat. https://www.thelocal.de/20150626/animal-protection-shock-at-300-rat-rescue-horror Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:42:12 +0200 animal-protection-shock-at-300-rat-rescue-horror Just ahead of the 725th anniversary of the Pied Piper reputedly banishing a plague of rats from Hamelin, there has been an "explosion" in the German town's rodent population, city officials said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20081118/15605 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:40:00 +0100 15605