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# Sympathy for a rat in a photograph and the suffering of urban animals
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/v-venetsii-vvedeno-chrezvychainoe-polozhenie-v-eti-dni-voda-podnimalas-do-187-santimetrov-na-likvidatsiiu-posledstvii-navodneniia-vydeleno-uzhe-20-mln-evro-v-to-vremia-kak-ushcherb-ot-p/
- Published: 2019-11-15T12:25:41.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:58:08.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Observations, Heritage, Society, Nature

A state of emergency has been declared in Venice: the water rose to 187 centimetres in recent days, 20 million euros have already been allocated to clear up after the flood, while the mayor puts the damage at 1 billion euros.

ps I feel terribly sorry for the little rat in the first photograph 😢 for some reason we quite unfairly ignore the sufferings of urban animals, and of rodents in particular