When people blame rats for the plague that swept through Europe many times over the Middle Ages, I remind them of the context of the time - no one knew what caused it until early last century. Even then, rats die of plague, just as humans do, and they are not the only carrier of the disease.
New discoveries in conservation biology show that plague is a serious problem for wildlife throughout the West, and rats have nothing to do with it. You can listen to a 5-minute radio documentary about it, or read the transcript, on NPR.org.
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