• Bibliography
  • Culture

  • “ Rat Business and Pest Modernism. ” Banksy explained. [https://banksyexplained.com]. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
  • SCHAVERIEN, Anna. “ Magawa, Rat That Hunted Land Mines, Dies in Retirement. ” The New York Times on the Web, 11 Jan. 2022. [https://www.nytimes.com]. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.
  • “ HeroRATS Save Lives. ” APOPO. [https://apopo.org]. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

  • History

  • DELORT, Robert. “ Histoire des animaux et histoire des hommes .” Les Animaux ont une histoire, Paris, Seuil, 1993, pp. 101-184.
  • GUEFFELEC, Derwell. “ Le rat, roi des épidémies. ” France culture, 11 May 2020. [https://www.radiofrance.fr]. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.
  • ROYER, Nichole. “ Introducing the Fancy Rat. ” AFRMA. [https://www.afrma.org]. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
  • PASTOUREAU, Michel. “ Mickey et Donald. ” Les Animaux célèbres, France, arléa, 2008, pp. 260-265.
  • THOMAS, Oliver. “ Les rats sont entrés dans Paris. ” Les Animaux dans l’histoire, France, Tallandier, 2023, pp. 21-36.
  • STOREY, Ann. “ Introducing the Fancy Rat. ” National Fancy Rat Society, Dec. 2017. [https://www.nfrs.org]. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.

  • Experimentation

  • “ 9 Brain ‘Studies’ Proving Experimenters Need THEIR Brains Tested. ” Peta. [https://www.peta.org]. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
  • CARBONE, Larry. “ Estimating mouse and rat use in American laboratories by extrapolation from Animal Welfare Act-regulated species. ” Scientific Reports, Jan. 2021. [https://www.nature.com]. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
  • “ Eavesdrop on Ultrasonic Rat Giggles. ” Scientific American, 2016. [https://www.youtube.com]. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
  • LERAY, Éva. “ Pourquoi rats et souris sont-ils les ‘stars’ des expérimentations en laboratoire ? ” Ouest France. [https://www.ouest-france.fr]. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

  • Mistreatment

  • DUBOIS, Théo. “ Attention. Chien méchant .” BATARD, vol.3, Dec. 2023, p. 91.
  • MACKINNONC, J.B. “ In Defense of the Rat. Rats are less pestilent and more lovable than we think. Can we learn to live with them ? ” Hakai magazine, 26 Sept. 2023 [https://hakaimagazine.com]. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
  • REDD, Wyatt. “ The Gruesome History Of Rat Torture, From Medieval London To 20th-Century South America. ” April 2023. [https://allthatsinteresting.com]. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
  • “ Who Cares About Mice and Rats ? ” Peta, 2015. [https://www.youtube.com]. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
  • WITTMER, Carrie. “ The 20 most gruesome ‘Game of Thrones’ deaths ranked. ” Business Insider, May 2017. [https://www.businessinsider.com]. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

  • Way to live

  • BARANIUK, Chris. “ In an era defined by humanity’s impact on the planet, some animals appear to be proliferating quite happily. ” BBC, August 2017. [https://www.bbc.com]. Accessed 26 Sept. 2024.
  • “ How rats take advantage of human failure. ” Vox, 18 Jan. 2018. [https://www.youtube.com]. Accessed 13 Jan. 2025.
  • HowStuffWorkd. “ 5 Reasons Rats Are Like Humans - Science on the Web #98. ” 17 March 2015.[https://www.youtube.com]. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.