An article about a (possibly fictional) animal trial in 16th century France.

“The rats were charged with the theft and destruction of the barley harvest, and the Bishop’s vicar requested that they be excommunicated and anathematized. And that court likely would have convicted the rats had it not been for the brilliant legal maneuvers of the man they appointed to defend the rats, Barthélemy de Chasseneuz.”

It’s April 4th, happy World Rat Day?