Sentences with phrase «hunt rats on»

Norfolks are native to England, where they were originally kept to hunt rats on farms.

Avian diseases accidentally imported in connection with cockfighting also had a part in the loss of native Hawaiian birds, but blaming cats and feral mongooses, introduced to Hawaii in 1883 to hunt rats on sugar cane plantations, has long been more politically convenient than challenging the practices of Hawaii's biggest export industries.

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The club is starting to reek of a stench of failure and hints at something truly amiss; it is akin to a dead bandicoot in your car, you can smell the god - awful stench but you won't know the source until you hold your nose and go on a rat - hunt to locate and dispose the rotting carcass.

Evidence of butchery and fire on animal bones found near hobbit remains suggests that these early humans enjoyed a good barbecue, usually of baby elephants, huge rats, and deadly Komodo dragons that they hunted and killed.

Subsize humans living in caves on a remote, forgotten Indonesian island, hunting dwarf elephants and giant rats?

The earliest function of the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier was to work on farms, hunting rats, herding livestock or guarding from outsiders.

Although the Boston terrier was originally used for hunting rats, in recent decades breeders have focused on creating a good companion animal.

The natural place of cats in the food chain is as hunters of mice, rats, and other small rodents, who in urban habitat are themselves overwhelmingly of introduced species, and as scavengers of sick and injured birds who remain on the ground after dark, when healthy birds are roosting and cats do most of their hunting.

Because classic working terriers were selectively bred to hunt and kill underground burrowing animals and rats on farms, this breed group tends to be a bit on the stubborn, independent side.

His natural drive to hunt was crucial, and on his very first run, Mark found a rat within 20 seconds.

As you probably guessed from the name, the rat terrier was developed to hunt rats and other vermin on farms.

The end result was a working farm dog which excelled at ratting and vermin control; a hunting partner with a 100 yard range that allowed hunters to follow on foot while it trailed and treed small game; an alert and responsible watchdog; and a loving and loyal companion.

In the past people used to have cats in villages or farms to hunt and keep rats at bay, they usually would live on the streets, sheds or half indoors.

One — Unblemished Beachiness When Christopher Columbus came ashore 70 nautical miles west of here in December of 1493 with his soldiers, priests, pigs, horses, wheat, sugarcane and rats and microbes, he was on the hunt for gold.

With an Evil Rat in possession of the key needed to escape the dream world, both Axel and Pixel must go on a perilous hunt and completing countless puzzles along the way to hold a hope of escaping.

I would use my real name, but I have seen what happens to those scientists who are outspoken on AGW — they, like Santer, tend to have eviscerated rats left on their porches, or receive death threats, or become victims of with hunts by the likes of the Virginia AG and Inhofe.

The Heath Ledger - directed Modest Mouse video for «King Rat,» released Tuesday, follows the animated adventures of a ship helmed by whales on the hunt for humans — harpoons and all.Ledger developed the video to draw attention to