A Yelllow-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier) the size of an adult’s thumb frantically moved its wings in a futile attempt to fly. Both its feet were stuck on a branch in a bush somewhere in the Konak conservation forest, Jalan Lintas (free way) Taba Penanjung, Kepahiang Regency, Bengkulu. It was Friday, July 3, and the bird had landed on the branch that was smeared with rat glue.

Watching from around 20 meters away, the person who made t