Chicago rat birth control pilot program expansion shows promise in Lincoln Park

Chicago's rodent problem is well known, but a new pilot program testing rat birth control to curb the population in problem ...

Climate change could allow rats to have more babies. Enter rodent birth control

Warming temperatures mean more rats, and the possible spread of more disease between the rodents and people. That has some ...
KPBS

Too many rats? Birth control is one city's answer

In Somerville, Massachusetts just outside of Boston, everyone has a horror story about the rats. Adaline Lining says they ruined Christmas for her last year. She had received a delivery of Bartlett ...
Detroit Free Press

Rat birth control is latest way to reduce rodent population: How it works

How's this as a way to get rid of rats? Birth control. Arizona-based SenesTech — through its ContraPest product — has figured out a way to make male and female rats infertile for months, driving down ...
Hartford Courant

Hartford testing rat birth control to reduce fast-multiplying rodent population

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky The capital city is testing out a kinder, gentler approach to reducing the rat ...

Rodent Activity Expands Beyond Coastal Cities, Exposing 1.2 Million Inland Californians to New Public Health Risks

Rodent activity is expanding into inland California, exposing 1.2 million residents to new public health risks driven ...
KIVI-TV

"The horrors are real," but funding concerns send rat abatement bill back to the drawing board

A bill aimed at abating and eventually eradicating invasive rats is going back to the drawing board after community members and lawmakers raised concerns over funding and government overreach.