Abstract
Fighting against the proliferation of rats is still a public health concern. Between the two world wars, Adrien Loir, Pasteurs nephew by alliance, had successfully used rat cats to eliminate rats in the city and the harbour of Le Havre. This method of offensive fight against rats had been the subject of numerous articles o the press of the 1930s but it was then mysteriously forgotten, as was the merits of Adrien Loir who was an active collaborator of his uncle and who participated in the Pasteurian epic. In this year of Louis Pasteurs birth bicentanery, it is appro-priate to pay tribute to him and his cats.
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