'Crucified' vegetable-stealing rats bound to tree with message of repentance

Three rats have been tied to a tree in the Chinese city of Chengdu with a message saying "I was wrong, I repent."

The rats were captured by an employee named Liu Junjiang in a local advertising company. Liu and his colleagues found the rats running around in their newly refurbished office, stealing vegetables, and gnawing through a cable. On Friday, they managed to capture three of the rats and after a discussion, they decided to publicly parade them on a tree on the street.

A picture was taken by Shuangliu police. They posted the photo on their verified Weibo account, the purpose being to remind residents to take precautions against thieves in the last months of this year.

The rats were later untied from the tree, caged and sent to the countryside, where “cat police would handle (eat) them”, according to the Sichuan Online.