>have rodent problem because rural area >gotten to the point where it's not surprising to see one out scampering on my deck >ask dad for help because he's a bigger hick than me >"get a bucket" >tells me to pick one out of my glue traps and put it in the bucket >tells me to wait three days >this is where I should have stopped but it was to the point traps were ineffective at culling them all >tells me to put another, preferably smaller rat in the bucket with the now starving rat >do it >hungry rat latches to small rat, its over before he can realize whats happening >what have i done >dad says the rat is now cannibal and will hunt the other rats >past the point of no return so just let it go >two weeks pass >it actually fucking started killing and eating a bunch of them >notice multiple rats attacking each other >it has bred >my property is now chaos of rodents tearing each other apart >population of normal rats has been replaced by cannibal infighting rats that I have to deal with >catch another one >put it in a bucket >three days pass >throw another cannibal rat in with it >wait for victor to emerge >feed him cheese and random scraps as reward >another rat enters the arena >first rat falls >repeat process until get rat that consistently wins every time >I have dubbed him King Rat >feed King Rat every day in his bucket as though he were a pet >wash him etc. with water in the bucket >every now and then feed him another, somewhat strong looking rat such that his strength doesn't diminish >it has been four weeks at this point >this abomination I have raised is easily three pounds >size of a dinner plate >unleash him unto the world >King Rat clears most of the vermin within a month's time >see him every now and then and give him a treat like a dog Is this a sin?