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Rats in the Ranks
Rats in the Ranks is an Australian documentary film released in 1996.
The film detailed the last weeks of the 1994 Leichhardt Council Mayoral elections.
The filmmakers, Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson (later known for "Facing the Music" and other projects, but already well known) were allowed access to the innermost meetings of participants including the serving mayor Larry Hand and his Labor Party opponents. Larry Hand's exposure to a wider audience spawned the character Col Dunkley in the successful Australian TV series
Dutch Smoushond
The Dutch Smoushond ("Hollandse Smoushond", "Dutch Ratter") is a small breed of dog, related to the Pinscher and Schnauzer breed type kept in stables to eliminate rats and mice in Germany and the Netherlands. It is very rare and not well known outside the Netherlands, its country of origin.
Appearance.
The "Dutch Smoushond" is small in size, at the maximum 10 kg in weight and 43 cm at the withers. Its waterproof coat is rough and shaggy