He is even a star on the BBC news this morning:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47370291 

I just love this story. 

A dozen firefighters help to free an overweight rat when it became stuck in a manhole cover in Germany.

See the daring rescue video and more pictures here:

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/and-finally/fat-rat-stuck-in-manhole-cover-saved-by-team-of-german-firefighters-37858697.html

I can hear some saying ‘it is a rat and should have been killed’.

I say ‘it is a sentient being that does not want to die any more than you do’.

Congratulations to the fire team who rescued the rat and helped it back to the sewer – and maybe a diet !

Regards Mark

Any excuse for me to play ‘The Stranglers’: