Some rats were nesting in my partners car (under the hood). After relocating them, cleaning, and spending several hundred repairing the car, they have since moved to my car. Same deal. Reflexively we purchased rat baits, and are now seeing the fruits of our purchase.Now I doubt whether the simple act of a being trying to find safe shelter should result in the brutal death of that rat and it’s friends/family. A car is merely a possession, and yet in response I have painfully killed many innocent beings.I feel I’ve overreacted. Does anybody have any thoughts regarding taking life to protect mere possessions?