I think he's quite cute anyway...

Why do people have such a thing against rats?

Now we've stopped them climbing up to raid the bird feeders, they can no longer damage them, and I'm not naive enough to think that rats, mice, foxes, beetles, slugs and all sorts of other non-avian animals are going to be helping themselves to spilt bird food at night when we can't see them.

I think rats are actually quite attractive creatures, and I have to admire their agility, enterprise and learning ability.