@outie granted back in ye olden dayes england apparently had an infestation of wild pigs in london to the point that people were literally paid to hunt them in the streets and even with people literally getting paid to get free food, the population of wild pigs could not be brought under control, leading to the quote
"My lord, we really need to do something about the rats"
"The RATS?! Do something about the PIGS first, THEN we can talk about the rats!"