Filipino farm boy Dave Salvacion shows his catch of rats from the ricefields of the Santa Rosa town of Nueva Ecija, north of Manila February 3. The government has launched a rat control campaign, prodding the farmers and residents of Santa Rosa to catch rats in exchange for cash. The rat infestation has alarmed government agriculturists for having destroyed more than 20% of the 80,000 hectares of rice fields.
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