A rat hunter carrying rat traps and being followed by a dog in a field in the Hoai Duc district on the outskirts of Hanoi. In somes areas in both Northern Red River delta and Southern Mekong River delta people eat field rat meat, with rats hunters
Roasted rats on sale at a village market in Dan Phuong on the outskirts of Hanoi.
Vendor selling slaughtered rats at a village market in Dan Phuong on the outskirts of Hanoi.
Vendor disemboweling roasted rats for sale at a village market at a village market in Dan Phuong on the outskirts of Hanoi.
Vendors disemboweling roasted rats for sale at a village market at a village market in Dan Phuong on the outskirts of Hanoi.
Cooked rats in Dan Phuong on the outskirts of Hanoi.
Cooked rats in Dan Phuong on the outskirts of Hanoi. In somes areas in both Northern Red River delta and Southern Mekong River delta people eat field rat meat, with rats hunters being mostly farmers who capture the small animals for sale in markets.
Thanh, owner of a rat restaurant, preparing rats to be cooked in Dan Phuong on the outskirts of Hanoi.
Thanh, owner of a rat restaurant, preparing rats to be cooked in Dan Phuong on the outskirts of Hanoi.
Thanh, owner of a rat restaurant, preparing rats to be cooked in Dan Phuong on the outskirts of Hanoi.
Thanh, owner of a rat restaurant, preparing rats to be cooked in Dan Phuong on the outskirts of Hanoi.
Thanh, owner of a rat restaurant, preparing rats to be cooked in Dan Phuong on the outskirts of Hanoi.
Thanh, owner of a rat restaurant, preparing rats to be cooked in Dan Phuong on the outskirts of Hanoi.
A rat being pulled out of a cage at a rat restaurant in Dan Phuong on the outskirts of Hanoi.
A rat being pulled out of a cage at a rat restaurant in Dan Phuong on the outskirts of Hanoi.
A rat hunter breaking the front teeth of a captured rat during a hunting trip in a field in the Hoai Duc district on the outskirts of Hanoi.
Captured rats in a trap seen during a hunting trip in a field in the Hoai Duc district on the outskirts of Hanoi.
A rat hunter putting a captured rat into a bamboo cage during a hunting trip in a field in the Hoai Duc district on the outskirts of Hanoi.
A rat hunter looking on as a dog digs a hole during a hunting trip in a field in the Hoai Duc district on the outskirts of Hanoi.
Rat hunters placing traps during a hunting trip in a field in the Hoai Duc district on the outskirts of Hanoi.
Rat hunter carrying a bamboo cage with captured rats inside as his teammates placing rat traps in a field in the Hoai Duc district on the outskirts of Hanoi.
Rat hunters carrying rat traps and being followed by a dog in a field in the Hoai Duc district on the outskirts of Hanoi.
Around rice harvest is deemed the best time for rat hunting, but in the southern Mekong delta hunting is particularly productive during flood season when rats are escaping from their flooded hearths. One kilogram of rat meat costs around 100,000