If the trap’s a-rockin’, don’t come a-knockin’. New York City’s fight against rats has entered the furry beasts’ bedrooms, with the City Council approving a measure to lace rat traps with rodent birth ...

"Two rats in a given year can reproduce 15,000 descendants," New York City Councilmember Shaun Abreu said. "We have to go at the source." As chair of the sanitation committee, he led the successful ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Rats thrive around humans, for good reason: They feed off crops and garbage and readily adapt to many settings, from farms to the world’s ...

A 2023 California Department of Fish and Wildlife report found that roughly 88% of raptors and 90% of pumas tested were exposed to the poisons. The law allows the poisons to be used in agricultural ...

The city has confiscated 140 pounds of banned rat poison this month but street vendors keep selling the stuff – as one expert warned the black market could have deadly consequences. Local medical ...

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Over the last few years, animal advocates sought to limit the use of anticoagulant rat poisons due to the dangers they pose to wildlife and pets — even as Massachusetts cities continue to struggle ...

Marlborough has voted to ban the use of rat poison on city property to protect wildlife. The ban was championed by a local wildlife rehabilitator who has seen firsthand the devastating effects of rat ...

Rat poison detected in around a third of wild mammal carnivores — including those that don't normally eat rodents, such as mountain lions and gray wolves. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Rats thrive around humans, for good reason: They feed off crops and garbage and readily adapt to many settings, from farms to the world’s largest cities. To control them, people often resort to ...