Rats have rights too, Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) feels. So, it has written to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), asking the civic body to stop killing them. But the corporation isn’t buying. “We don’t know why they have written to us. But we haven’t stopped and will continue killing rats,” said Dr Arun Bamne, insecticide officer of BMC. He also said that the civic body is yet to reply to AWBI.