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New York implements innovative new strategy to reduce its 3 million-strong rat population: 'You can't let these rats run your life'

In the city where pizza rats are as famous as pigeons, New York is trying a new tactic in its long war against rodents: birth control. Starting April 26, the city began distributing contraceptive ...
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NYC to control rat population with birth-control pills instead of poison: Saving ‘lots of precious little lives’

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 ...
FOX5 Las Vegas

Rise of the Rats: Growing Las Vegas population leads to growing rat problem

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The rise in rat infestations in your yard and home is tied to the Las Vegas Valley’s growing population, according to a pest control expert, and the problem will only get ...