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BOSTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Animal rescuers in Massachusetts said a woman who bought two rats to save them from being snake food soon found herself with 71 rodents.
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said the woman bought the rats from a pet shop in Sandwich to save them from being food for a snake and she contacted the society about three months later when the number of rapidly breeding rats ballooned to 71, the Boston Herald reported Monday.
"She realized she was in over her head, and she drove to Boston," MSPCA spokesman Rob Halpin said.
Halpin said the incident took place only days after a Lawrence man brought in 94 hamsters that resulted from his adopting only two.
The spokesman said the hamsters will likely have better luck finding new homes.
"There are many more homes for hamsters than there are homes for rats. It is a smaller audience of enthusiasts for rats," Halpin said.
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TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (UPI) --
Following a decision to halt oil sales to Britain and France, Iran said it refrained from loading a Greek oil tanker with around 500,000 barrels of crude oil.
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