Raccoons are sometimes considered vermin or a nuisance. These houses were often small, dirty and infested with vermin and food supply was scarce. Illegal dumps also attract vermin and insects. The locations shown are dirty and infested by vermin. The meat is hung to keep it from the reach of varmints and vermin. Dalmatians have a strong hunting instinct and are an excellent exterminator of rats and vermin. Ottoman propaganda described Armenians as "traitors, saboteurs, spies, conspirators, vermin, and infidels". Many are hunted and persecuted as vermin. The well-manicured grounds naturally became a home for fauna, particularly rabbits and other small vermin. The area around Persepolis was cleared of snakes and other vermin. Outdoors, they are natural hunters with a strong prey drive for small vermin. They are an ancient species who view humans and other non-Eldar as vermin. Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a "monstrous vermin". Shooting may also refer to the culling of vermin with guns. The fox is referred to as vermin in some countries.