Evil French fascist mayor stirred up ratial-hatred recently after using a shovel to batter to death one of Paris’ huge community of rats - and then bragging about it afterwards.
Jacques Peyrat, the outspoken mayor of Nice, caused added offence to the SPA, the national society for the protection of animals, by congratulating himself on his work in the local paper.
He spotted the well-nourished rat during an official visit to a rubbish collection point in the city’s old quarter close to the seafront.
He told Nice Matin that he grabbed a shovel and used it to “smash” the rat. “I cannot stand those animals,” he explained.
France’s national society for the protection of animals was not at all impressed. They have lodged a criminal complaint which could end with Monsewer Peyrat paying a fine of £2,100.
Serge Belais, national president of the SPA, said: “If it’s accepted that people can mistreat rats today, then tomorrow it will be birds and cats.”
Not everyone is shocked and outraged.
An aide to Mr Peyrat, a former member of the National Front and now a senator for the UMP party, said: “We are not taking this seriously.”
