There is an increase in rat suicidal rate. You might notice that you can spot a higher number of rats and cats dying on the streets. Ever wonder why?
The reason is simple. This is due to the economic downturn.
So how does an economic downturn relates to the increase of dead rats?
Economic downturn forces multinational companies to retrench employees by millions. Millions of people have lost their jobs and only a handful of them managed to find jobs.
Even with stimulus packages being passed throughout the world, retrenched people still take time to find jobs. Companies are unwilling to spend so much to employ people.
This results them to be beggars, sleeping on the streets and, worst comes to worst, eating leftover food.
Now, you can see the competition between humans and rats competing for food. Since humans are the most superior beings on earth, rats tend to have less food. This results in increase death rate of rats by starvation and death fighting for food.
While rats are increasingly dying, it may be good news for humans. Decreasing of parasites. Cats, however, are unharmed by the decreasing numbers of cats because humans love cats. They are willing to share the food with cats.
For the people who are afraid of rats, there is something to be happy about despite the economic downturn: decreasing number of rats.
This is the expert analysis of the smartest human being on the flat surface of the earth.