老鼠换现金：雅加达灭鼠运动 [英国媒体]

Cash for rats: on the hunt with Jakarta's rodent eradication movement
老鼠换现金：雅加达灭鼠运动



With Jakarta’s rats getting ever bigger and more brazen, the deputy governor decided to offer $1.50 per live rodent. But history shows such schemes can have unintended consequences and offering the public a cash bounty could backfire

雅加达的老鼠体型越来越大，胆子也越来越大，于是副省长决定每抓到一只老鼠奖励1.5美元。但是历史表明这样的运动会产生意想不到的后果，而向公众提供现金奖励可能会产生事与愿违的结果。



Samin climbed down into the darkness of the sewer, homemade catapult in hand. He wasn’t using stones this time, concerned they might kill his prey. Instead he formed small balls from damp mud, just enough to stun the rats and get them into a rusty wire cage. The plan was to smoke them out. He threw a fistful of lit rags down the tunnel and waited.

沙明爬进了黑暗的下水道，手里拿着自制的弹弓。这次他没有使用石头，因为担心会杀死自己的猎物。相反，他使用的是小泥球，惊动老鼠后，再用生锈的铁丝笼将老鼠逮住。他的计划是用烟熏的办法将老鼠赶出来。他将一团点燃的破布扔进了坑道，然后等待。



That night, despite an evening thunder storm, the square outside Cakung district administrative office in East Jakarta was packed with street cleaners carrying an assortment of old birdcages and traps made from wire or discarded water dispenser bottles. A good haul for one afternoon – 650 live rats – many of them more than two feet long.

那一夜，尽管下起了雷雨，东雅加达Cakung区政府外的广场上挤满了清洁工，他们手里提着各种自制的笼子。一个下午的时间就抓到了650只活老鼠，其中大部分超过两英尺的长度。




Laoi Primorac ó Murchú 11m ago
Straight out of a Terry Pratchett book (which took its inspiration from the above cobra scéal)

幻想小说作家特里·普拉切特(Terry Pratchett)的一本书中就有这样的情景（这本书就是从以上的眼镜蛇效应中获取灵感的）
眼镜蛇效应一词来自殖民时期印度的逸闻：英国政府计划要减少眼镜蛇的数量，因而颁布法令说每打死一条眼镜蛇都可以领取赏金。然而印度人为了赏金反而开始养殖眼镜蛇。当英国政府意识到这种情况而取消赏金后，养殖蛇的人把蛇都放了；放出去的蛇继而大量繁殖，结果眼镜蛇种群数量反而上升

durrell1 16m ago
We have a similar problem here in England where rats infest Parliament.....we call them MPs & Lords!

我们英国也存在类似的问题，那就是被老鼠所占领的国会。。。我们称之为国会议员。

taipingtianguo  durrell1 13m ago
As opposed to the corrupt politicians in Jakarta who are in no way rats

与雅加达的腐败政治家截然相反，他们绝对不是老鼠。

Just40s 19m ago
Didn't a country do this in the past and end up with a bigger rat problem because people started breeding them to swap them for cash?

之前不是有一个国家也这么做了吗，然后引起了更大的老鼠问题，因为人们开始养老鼠以换取现金。

rebelraising  Just40s 16m ago
The... article. Read the article.

你先读完文章吧。

amorcaliente 20m ago
Goodlooking rats! They'd fit in well in Strasbourg and Brussels LOL

好看的老鼠！它们和斯特拉斯堡以及布鲁塞尔很搭，哈哈。

josephinireland 23m ago
I remember seeing a rat the size of a dog out there once! I left rapidly.

我记得有一次在印尼看到了一只有狗那么大的老鼠！我立马逃离。

Michael John Jackson 53m ago
Invest in infrastructure, rats flourish in conditions when humans create the conditions whereby it is easier for them to do so. Improve sanitation, create a cleaner environment and the problem takes care of itself.
Of course, that will cost, probably more than $1.50 per rat.

投资基建，老鼠之所以那么多，其实都是人类自己所造就的环境造成的。所以提高环境卫生，创造一个更加清洁的环境，问题自然就解决了。
当然，这样一来成本可能要比每只1,5美元来得高。

ibby129 1h ago
Just a thought. Make the bounty finite , i.e only a month at a time, only pay out on mature rats, and don't tell the public when the next one will be.
Should make life difficult for rat farmers as it takes about 8 weeks from conception to maturity.
BTW, by mature I don't mean wearing slippers and a smoking jacket.

可以限定奖金的额度，比如每次只持续一个月，老鼠必须是成年的老鼠，不要告诉公众下次奖励的时间。
这样一来有人想养殖老鼠都不容易了，因为老鼠从怀孕到成熟需要8周时间。
顺便说一下，我说的成熟并非指的是穿拖鞋和吸烟装。

davidc929  ibby129 54m ago
or put a limit on the number of rats per person

或者规定每人可以换取现金的老鼠数量。

Michael John Jackson  ibby129 52m ago
BTW, by mature I don't mean wearing slippers and a smoking jacket.
Your concept of maturity is pretty strange.

“顺便说一下，我说的成熟并非指的是穿拖鞋和吸烟装。”
你的成熟概念还真是奇葩。

soapland 1h ago
two foot long rats?!

两英尺长的老鼠？

carlevans  soapland 1h ago
Including the tail

包括尾巴。

HobbitMassage  carlevans 35m ago
For sure. They outgrow the cats here at times. Woe betide any feline who chases a rat down a sewer and into a rat's nest.

是的。有时候它们比这的猫还要大。如果有猫咪敢追着老鼠进入下水道并进入老鼠巢穴的话，那猫就死定了。

typernotfighter 1h ago
#ratlivesmatter.

老鼠的命也是命啊。