While a summit is being held in New York on the subject, the children of franceinfo junior ask their questions about rats to Olivier Thomas, author of the book “Les Rats sont entrers dans Paris”.
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In franceinfo junior this Wednesday, the children talk about rats because the city of New York in the United States is organizing the first summit on urban rats on September 18, 2024. An initiative of the mayor of the city to gather knowledge in order to put an end to what he considers a scourge.
The apprentice journalists are CM2 students at the Henri Wallon school in Palaiseau in the Paris region. To answer their questions: Olivier Thomas, deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine “L’Histoire” and author of the book “The Rats have entered Paris” published by Vendémiaire in 2022.
To start, Lucien wants to know why we don’t like rats: “I don’t like it, it’s useless, it’s disgusting, it’s dirty” add the schoolchildren into the microphone.
“How do you keep rats away?” Lucien continues.
“Why are rats usually in capital cities?” and big cities, Sana asks.
Why do they live in the sewers and what do they eat, the apprentice journalists also ask.
On this page, listen again to this Franceinfo Junior program on rats in its entirety.