“…Pigs, forbidden for food in the Qur'an, are considered religious‐legally impure like dogs. Likewise, there are hadith which claim that Muhammad allowed for the killing of certain animals without penalty or concern, including certain snakes, scorpions, mice, rats, crows, kites, and mad dogs (Tlili , 227). Similar hadith are found in the Shiite collections as well (see for example al‐Kulaynī , 4.363).…”