Rādhāvallabha: There was another article in the magazine that was talking about rats in India. This article was talking about rats in India.
Prabhupāda: Rats?
Rādhāvallabha: Yes, they said how there's a big problem. There's too many rats. And at the end of the article they made a sly comment about how many people considered the rats sacred. So this is a big problem. Whenever they make some report about India, they always make some joke about how the people will think the animals are sacred and how this is actually the real problem.
Prabhupāda: So why do they not go and eat the rats? Then why these people do not go there and eat the sacred rats? Please go there and eat the sacred rats. (laughter) Because you are expert in eating animals, so go and eat the sacred rats. lndia is a good field, and clear their problems. You write one article and send them. It is a good opportunity for the animal eaters to go to India and eat the rats, sacred rats, and solve their problems. (laughter)
Mahendra: It won't even cost anything.
Prabhupāda: Yes, free. They can take them free.
Ṛṣabhadeva: They said one of the main reasons is because they are killing the snakes for the skin, the snakes that feed on the rats. They kill so many snakes to get the skin, therefore there's no way to control the rat population.
Prabhupāda: That's all right. It is saved for you. Go and take it.
Mahendra: They wear the snakes and eat the rats.
Prabhupāda: Snake will die of starvation. It is better. You go and eat.