Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To address the area's rat population, the New York City Council recently passed a bill for a pilot program that will use birth ...

In the article “Rat birth control pilot program draws supporters, critics” (Metro, Aug. 13), Niki Griswold describes a novel rat-control program. The story depends heavily on the account of one person ...

Starting in spring 2025, parts of Manhattan’s 7th District will participate in a yearlong pilot program implementing rat contraceptives in an effort to reduce rat sightings. A continuation of the city ...

Rats are present in almost every city in the world, building their own rat settlements in parallel with human urban infrastructure. Several North American cities are considering the use of new ...

A little bit of sex education goes a long way. That’s what Boston’s city councilors are hoping after a 2023 rat birth control pilot program in Jamaica Plain showed promising results in reducing the ...

As the city of Boston ramps up its perpetual battle against rats, more attention has focused on unconventional strategies to eliminate rodents, including deploying rat contraceptives to suppress the ...

PROCESS WORKS. RATS OUT OF CONTROL. LOOK, RATS EVEN CHEWED THROUGH THIS TRASH CAN LID. SO WHAT CAN BE DONE? 11 NEWS INVESTIGATES HAS LEARNED THE CITY WILL SOON START USING AN UNCONVENTIONAL METHOD FOR ...

CHICAGO — A rat birth control pilot program is being expanded to the city’s Lincon Park neighborhood. 43rd Ward Alderman Timmy Knudsen announced Thursday the ‘Rat Contraceptive Pilot.’ The program is ...