Mouse massacre in Hong Kong. In the first nine months of this year, nearly 110,000 live rats were caught in Hong Kong and over 20,000 dead ones were collected. The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department team caught 109,087 live rats from January to September, a 20% increase compared to the same period last year. The largest number of live rats was caught in the Yau Tsim Mong district, where nearly 17,000 were captured. Another 20,650 dead rats were collected. Chinese threat