11.   Imported to kill nocturnal rats devastating sugar cane fields, the mongooses feasted instead on bird, snake and reptile eggs and hatchlings.

12.   In all, seven rats were killed, but three of them were brought in too late for the judging.

13.   It was a job for an accountant, not a would-be president, but Gore took to it like a man killing rats with a broomstick.

14.   Mellanby scored two goals the night he killed the rat.

15.   On opening night in the Panther locker room in October, Mellanby, killed a rat with his hockey stick.

16.   Panthers winger Scott Mellanby was simply trying to kill a rat.

17.   Then the rat will be killed, its brain saved for study.

18.   They just focus on killing the rats they have today.

19.   Years later, a colleague pointed out that bull terriers were bred as predators, specifically to kill rats.

20.   Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has urged local authorities to step up their efforts to kill the rats that have been devastating rice fields in agriculture-based Vietnam.