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Rats, mice, and cockroaches

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NATALIE GOLDBERG
Writer
Taos, New Mexico
"I'm afraid of them. I try to let them be. When I lived in Minneapolis, I would leave rice on the floor for the mice. Then one day, I stayed home sick and discovered that in the daytime hundreds of mice appeared. I freaked out but then I got a cat. In Taos, we tried to trap mice live. But that didn't work so now I kill them and take them to the mesa and say a prayer for them."

KAREN LOCKWELL
Healthcare worker
Atlanta, Georgia
"At home, I trap all live rodents and transplant them to more suitable living environments. But I fully support the use of insecticides and pesticides to keep hospitals, hospices, and clinics creature-free. "

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